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Do sandbags protect a unit from all six sides, and do they cover neighbouring hexes?

The rulebook text settles this.

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They protect the unit in the sandbag hex from every side, whichever hexside the artwork shows the bags on. They do not protect units in adjacent hexes; only the unit occupying the sandbagged hex benefits. A unit firing out from behind sandbags gets no penalty for it.

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