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I have searched for this one and can not find it but I do get the one about shooting the transport then who can do what to the guys that get out.


I guess I need a little help getting a answer to the Question as follows:

I am standing in front of the middle tank A, B .C

I shoot tank C destroying it

Can I then Assault tanks A and B as the BRB says on Pg.33 under "Disallowed Assaults" and on pg. 34 under "Assaulting Multiple Enemy Units"

says that if I shot I must first assault the unit I shot at but since its no longer there I can not assault the other tanks as I didnt shoot at them.


I think if I shoot one and it blows up it no longer counts as a criteria to meet and I can just declare against who I wish at the start of the Assault Phase.

Thanks for any Help, Zen

You can only assault the unit you shot. If it is gone, you cannot assault.

If the tanks were in a squadron, you can assault the squadron - the unit you shot, and the guys that came out of the destroyed tank (if any).

Zenxzen wrote:I have searched for this one and can not find it but I do get the one about shooting the transport then who can do what to the guys that get out.


I guess I need a little help getting a answer to the Question as follows:

I am standing in front of the middle tank A, B .C

I shoot tank C destroying it

Can I then Assault tanks A and B as the BRB says on Pg.33 under "Disallowed Assaults" and on pg. 34 under "Assaulting Multiple Enemy Units"

says that if I shot I must first assault the unit I shot at but since its no longer there I can not assault the other tanks as I didnt shoot at them.


I think if I shoot one and it blows up it no longer counts as a criteria to meet and I can just declare against who I wish at the start of the Assault Phase.

Thanks for any Help, Zen

If the unit you shot at is no longer there, because it is dead, then you cannot assault ANYTHING that turn, except for the passengers that disembarked from Tank C (if any) and even then only if A actually destroyed C.

However, if C was part of a vehicle squadron, you can assault, as the Squadron are all one unit.

ooops.

Bummer...

But I could take 3 Meltabombs and not shoot at the tanks then I could Assault and destroy all 3 ( if I rolled good )!

strange but them be the rules so not arguing about it will use what I have.

Thanks

Zenxzen wrote:But I could take 3 Meltabombs and not shoot at the tanks then I could Assault and destroy all 3 ( if I rolled good )!

Assuming that they're all close enough together that you can do that while following the rules for moving your assaulting models, yes.

strange but them be the rules so not arguing about it will use what I have.

The 'only assault what you shot at' rule was a deliberate balancing limitation placed on shooty units in order to limit the number of enemy units that they can attack in a single turn.

I think this will make me rethink how I "Tank Hunt" as taking 4 meltaguns only gets me one Vehicle where as Meltabombs give me more targets with the same odds to hit.

But don't forget, meltaguns will hit on a 3 or 4, while if the vehicles moves you hit on a 4 or 6. And Meltabombs also are not Ap1, so not as good as killing them.

Zenxzen wrote:... where as Meltabombs give me more targets with the same odds to hit.

...if he leaves them clustered up together.

Yes, you are quite right I think I need to rethink a little more.

Thanks so much for the help much clearer now.

Gwar! wrote:If the unit you shot at is no longer there, because it is dead, then you cannot assault ANYTHING that turn, except for the passengers that disembarked from Tank C (if any) and even then only if A actually destroyed C.

However, if C was part of a vehicle squadron, you can assault, as the Squadron are all one unit.

I'm incredbly rusty on my 5th rules, but where exactly is it in the boook that if you pop a tank with troops in it with shooting you can assualt the troops that come out.

carmachu wrote:I'm incredbly rusty on my 5th rules, but where exactly is it in the boook that if you pop a tank with troops in it with shooting you can assualt the troops that come out.

Page 67.

I thought the rules for grenades state that a unit can only use one grenade per turn?

A model can only make one attack using a grenade in the assault phase. Models in each unit may all make a single attack, so if you have 4 Krak grenade equipped models, all 4 get to try to plant a grenade.

Each model can only use one grenade in assault. The unit can use as many as they have models for...

Ah, ok. I couldn't remember if it said model or unit, thanks.