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Hi

A strange event occured twice at our FLGS this Past Thursday. The proliferation of Blood Angels players going dread happy led to this occurance.

Situation:
A dreadnought gets rammed, neither vehicle is destroyed, and the models are in base contact in the subsequent combat phase.

Question:
Since the models are in base contact, can the dread swing?

Relevant Rules Sections that I have perused so far:
The rules for ramming don't resolve it on BGB pg 69...
the rules for ramming a walker don't resolve it on BGB pg 73...
The INAT doesn't resolve it... (or I couldn't find the answer quickly or easily)

BGB pg 63, column 2 allows models in base contact with a weapon skilless tank to attack it... but the context is within that of the other unit assaulting the vehicle first...

On the one hand -
- the attacks normally allowed against a vehicle which is in base contact in that vehicle's turn are considered to be part of a continuous assault - which the rammed dread didn't initiate in its own turn.

On the other
- normaly the unit that is allowed to attack isn't locked in combat, and neither is the dread, but they are in base-to-base.

RAW
- no, it seems the dread cannot attack because it didn't initiate an assault, which allows the attacks in the next round without being locked in place.

The answer I like, but doesn't seem to be correct -
- swing away.

Thoughts and arguments on this situation?

Cheers,
Carlos the Craven