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Enemies, Dakka-ites, Syndics, lend me your vox-codes:

What can a tank ram?

Can a tank ram friendly vehicles in its path of movement? After all, why let a Trukk get in the way of grinding a Battlewagon down a line of Rhinos?

Can a tank ram scenery with an Armour Value, such as bunkers and buildings?

What do you think?

I don't think a friendly vehicle can be the target of a ramming attack (first paragraph under Ramming), nor can you ram one en route to an enemy vehicle (3rd paragraph under Tank Shock) but the rules don't mention anything about what happens if an enemy vehicle is "destroyed - explodes!" and the tank continues its ram into a friendly vehicle. In the absence of guidance, I would say you would resolve the hit between friendly vehicles as if the friendly vehicle was an enemy vehicle. Alternatively the tank could just stop, having reached it's 'maximum move' possible.

Although there aren't any rules for ramming scenery, I would certainly love to ram open a gate, or a bunker, or some other object with an armour value. Provided you follow the special building damage results table I don't see why there would be a problem, even if the rules don't specifically say you are allowed to.

DoW

A tank may ram any other vehicle in the game.
But i doubt its possible to aim anything "unfriendly" at your own models.

Ramming scenery would be nice. Anything without AV should be walzed over. Always felt the whole aim at morale is a inferior concept.

Orks ramming orks seems fluffy. Maybe borrow something from whfb ?

Building rules in 40k make them essential immobile vehicles. If a building has an armor value, I think you should be able to ram it.

ramming buildings makes alot of sense.
why charge into a bunker when you can drive a landraider through the front of it and send in termies direct

ramming your own vehicles should be an ork special rule