IG Commander TL Plasma Pistols?

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**Balzac**

I'm not really sure you'd actually want to do this, but:

If I'm reading the codex correctly, you can trade a Company Commander's (or Platoon Commander's) Laspistol for a Plasma Pistol. You can also trade his CCW for a Plasma Pistol. Does this legitimately then give you a TL Plasma Pistol?

Or is this a case where the "and/or" wording means that you can't actually trade both weapons individually for Plasma Pistols?

**statu**

i think its a case of one of them could be traded for that and another for this

**nosferatu1001**

Even if you could swap them out for 2 pistols NOTHING lets you assume this makes them twin-linked, unless it specifically tells you it does. It simply gives you 2 plasma pistols that you can only ever use one at a time.

**marv335**

All that having two plasma pistols will do is let you fire one or the other each turn.
You can't fire both, and the are not twin linked.
You need a special rule such as seraphim and creed have to TL a pistol.

**Balzac**

Ah, yes, good point. I was only thinking about the two matching weapons being treated as a single TL weapon for firing purposes, and was forgetting that you still have to be allowed to fire two weapons for it to even matter.

I think I've been playing bugs too long.

**Gwar!**

Balzac wrote:Ah, yes, good point. I was only thinking about the two matching weapons being treated as a single TL weapon for firing purposes, and was forgetting that you still have to be allowed to fire two weapons for it to even matter.

I think I've been playing bugs too long.

Indeed, it is not a general rule, but its a Specific codex rule.