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I got into an argument with a guy at the pub last night (I know, sad isn't it ) about this. Can Tankbustas use a trukk or would the temptations be too great? I know that they can't be in one from the start, but surely they should be able to ride it? I am asking because I like tankhammers (alot) and I realized that it would be a good way to use the boarding plank.

Assuming one of your other units bought a dedicated trukk, then yes, the TankBusters can ride in it.
Be sure to check Glory Hog rule though - I'm not sure if they can get in the trukk if they can see a tank; No codex handy to double-check, but I think they have to fire.

Standard rules states that only the purchasing unit may ride in the dedicated transport.

Now, vehicles that are purchased as normal FO selections that can carry troops can be riden by anyone.

I.E. Battlewagon in your case.

Hordicant wrote:Standard rules states that only the purchasing unit may ride in the dedicated transport.

Now, vehicles that are purchased as normal FO selections that can carry troops can be riden by anyone.

I.E. Battlewagon in your case.

You're wrong. Check the rulebook, it's obvious. You're probably thinking of 4th ed.

Yeah, I want to throw of them choppas and throw in my tankbustas, choppas can walk
But I guess it's true, Glory Hog could make it difficult.

Glory Hogs mean that they only have to shoot and assault a vehicle if possible. THey can move however you like, and as long you're not parking the truck 6 inch from an enemy tank they can ride in it all day.

Traskel wrote:

Hordicant wrote:Standard rules states that only the purchasing unit may ride in the dedicated transport.

Now, vehicles that are purchased as normal FO selections that can carry troops can be riden by anyone.

I.E. Battlewagon in your case.

You're wrong. Check the rulebook, it's obvious. You're probably thinking of 4th ed.

Traskel, this is still a debated issue. So, this is your opinion. Or you may have misunderstood his meaning. He is saying that dedicated vehicles must carry the unit it is bought for initially, and any non-dedicated vehicle can carry anyone initially.

If you still have issue with this page 67 is for you. In it, it describes a limitation to 'dedicated' vehicles. Because they issue the limitation to only the dedicated version, we can easily assume that same limitation does not apply to non-dedicated vehicles. For it to be otherwise, the rule would specify all transports, and it doesn't, just dedicated ones.

The limitation in question is: "...when it is deployed (talking about dedicated transports here) it can only carry the unit it was selected with." Latter it talks about after the game begins then the transport can carry anyone else

So, this limitation is only for dedicated vehicles, and not for non-dedicated ones, so IMHO this is easy and means any non-dedicated transport can carry anyone.

Edited for clarity

Now wheres the issue with deploying dedicated transport vehicles empty (for quicker/simpler borading) ?


A truckk is open-topped meaning you can attempt to shoot at any vehicle within LOS as-much as you want. If you are prohibited from shooting from a vehicle if it has driven too fast then thats fine.

Tank-hammers are quite cool.. do you get tank-hammer arms or do you have to mod them?

Deploy the Trukk dedicated to some Boyz, deploy the Boyz across the board, deploy the Tankhuntas all within 6" of the Trukk.

First turn, the Boyz run off to do their thing, the Tankhuntas embark into the trukk, the trukk moves 12".

This is perfectly allowed.

Deploy a Battlewagon with Tankhuntas inside of it.

This is also perfectly allowed.

Traskel, this is still a debated issue. So, this is your opinion. Or you may have misunderstood his meaning. He is saying that dedicated vehicles must carry the unit it is bought for initially, and any non-dedicated vehicle can carry anyone initially.

While Traskel may have been a bit abrupt... I don't see anything in Hordicants post that indicates he was referring to *initial* deployment only.
He made a pretty clear statement, and his statement was true in 4E, but is not true in 5E.

I like where sourclams is going with this

As for my tankbustas I have bought the usual tankbustas from GW (after all, they look awesome!) and I am planning to mod more bustas so that I get a group of 12. Also I have a tankhammer WIP, but since the rules are only two tankhammers per squad I don't plan to make anymore (otherwise I would have had 12 bustas with tankhammers =p).

Furthermore I should probably say that I am building a Speed Freeks army and I am painting it very red.