orbital bombardments and vehicles

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**youbedead**

what amour facing does the orbital bombardment hit

**sourclams**

side, as it's a barrage weapon, no?

**youbedead**

barrage weapons say that they hit the armor facing the firer, but the firers in space

**ferrous**

this is total RAI, but i'd go with side armor, as Cities of Death had units that were high enough up hitting the 'top' armor, which was equal to the side armor.

Though i'm not sure what the rules are for flyers in IA, they might be different.

They really should have rules for top armor, there are a couple of real world weapons that try to take advantage of lighter top armor on vehicles by popping up and coming down from above.

**sourclams**

"Hits from barrage weapons always hit the vehicle's side armour (representing its top armour)."

Page 60, second to alst paragraph.

**youbedead**

@sourclams thanks didn't see that before but is the bombardment barrage or just ordinance

**yakface**

youbedead wrote:@sourclams thanks didn't see that before but is the bombardment barrage or just ordinance

As listed in the codex, it is a barrage.

**Hollismason**

Huh, didn't know this either.