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Just a quick question for you guys.

Say a Land Raider Crusader blows up another Land Raider with it's Multi-Melta, can it then use "power of the machine spirit" to fire it's assault cannon at that occupants that just piled out of the other raider?

It was my assumption that no, they cannot. The two weapons being fired must be declared before any dice are rolled.

What does Dakka think? Need some rulebook clarification on this as I didn't see it in the INAT

No, you cannot. All shots must be declared, and occur, at the same time.

Sir_Prometheus wrote:No, you cannot. All shots must be declared, and occur, at the same time.

Agreed.

This is the same situation as an infantry unit using their melta or missile launcher to pop a transport. The rest of the squad CANNOT shoot the passengers.

Sir_Prometheus wrote:No, you cannot. All shots must be declared, and occur, at the same time.

Exactly, first sentence under check line of sight & pick a target on page 76 main rules says you can't split a unit's fire among different targets.

POTMS is still the vehicle firing so is the same unit as the vehicle.

A vehicle and it's occupants could fire at different targets because they are 2 separate units.

I agree that you can't since they must be declared at the same time, but, there is no restriction on using POTMS on a different target, it says so in the codex, IIRC

time wizard wrote:

Sir_Prometheus wrote:No, you cannot. All shots must be declared, and occur, at the same time.

Exactly, first sentence under check line of sight & pick a target on page 76 main rules says you can't split a unit's fire among different targets.

POTMS is still the vehicle firing so is the same unit as the vehicle.

A vehicle and it's occupants could fire at different targets because they are 2 separate units.

Right, but POTMS allows you to fire at a different unit. Same as Long Fangs.

Shrike325 wrote:Right, but POTMS allows you to fire at a different unit. Same as Long Fangs.

Yes, it lets you fire at a different target... but that target has to be declared at the same time as the rest of the vehicle's shooting, and is resolved at the same time.

insaniak wrote:

Shrike325 wrote:Right, but POTMS allows you to fire at a different unit. Same as Long Fangs.

Yes, it lets you fire at a different target... but that target has to be declared at the same time as the rest of the vehicle's shooting, and is resolved at the same time.

Quite correct, the POTMS shot can be fired at a different target just at the same time as the vehicle.
Sorry for any confusion.