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So this came up a few games ago. A Hellhound, an Autarch, and some Aspect Warriors walk into a bar. The results of this question had no impact on the game.

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The aspect warriors are in range of the Hellhound's turret flamer (fired with fun Hellhound rules), but out of range of the hull flamer. The Autarch is in range of the hull flamer and the turret flamer. The Hellhound declares its shot against the aspect warriors. It places its turret flamer on the maximum number of aspect warriors while obeying the fun Hellhound rules; the Autarch is not hit. The hellhound then places its hull flamer template facing in the direction of the aspect warriors, hitting no aspect warriors (as they are out of range) but hitting the Autarch. Is it legitimate for the hellhound to hit the Autarch and none of its targets with the hull flamer in this manner? You make da call!

I would have to cast my vote with no, you can only target one unit and can not fire if your weapon is out of range, since the hull flamer template is out of range you can not fire it.

No. People have tried to pull this since time immemorial. You Declare your Shooting against the Aspect Warriors. The Warriors are Clearly out of range of the Hull Flamer (The Range being "Template") and as such automatically misses.

flamer template weapon not hitting target unit or better still
if a unit is out of range of weapon it's a miss, I'd take this as a "nar sorry mate, cant do it"

You could try declaring shooting against the Autarch. Then put the tiny end of the turret flamer template over his base and point it towards the aspect warriors to try to cover them. That way both your flamers are hitting what they are targeting, and you might get a few aspect warriors as well (obviously, this depends on spacing).

Except in this case the hellhound flamedr would also have to cover the autarch, and you would still only hit the one unit assuming there was more than 8" between the two. If not you may be able to get one or 2 of the closest aspect warrior squad.

The "check range" step of shooting states that any shot out of range automatically misses. This includes flamers.