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Say you have a unit of Leman Russ tanks. There's a gap of 4" between them. Can an enemy unit move through that gap as normal? I'm sure they cannot, since it's 'moving through an enemy unit'.

As long as they dont come within 1" of either model then I would think it ok. Havnt got my book to check exact wordings tho.

The only restiction is "a model may not move within 1" of an enemy model unless assaulting."

So yes, you can move through the squadron all you want, so long as there is actually space.

Correct. The rule is that you may not pass within 1" of an enemy model. If your model, with, say a 1" base, wishes to pass between two vehicles that are 4" apart, you've got more than half an inch clearance on either side of your 1" base, giving you plenty of room to move through there. You could even more your troops through two-by-two in that situation if you wanted!

"[...] unless assaulting."

So if the unit is NOT assaulting, and the Tanks are spaced 3" apart, they can't move through the gap to say, contest an objective? At 3" apart, that would mean that moving through the unit is possible, but that the enemy units will be within 1" of a tank.

You have to be within 1", if you are at 1.0001" you are fine.

Remember that your base also isnt exactly 1" across...

There is no restriction on moving through an enemy unit.

You cannot move closer than 1" outside of assaulting.

As long as there is space to put a model between 2 enemies and maintain a 1" distance from each enemy, the move is perfectly legal.

nosferatu1001 wrote:You have to be within 1", if you are at 1.0001" you are fine.

Remember that your base also isnt exactly 1" across...

Even 1" is fine, as evidenced by the assault rules that allow you to assault on a 1,1 if 1" away.

Page 36:
Note that if a model stopped 1" away from the enemy in the Movement or Shooting phase...

Though this might be an example of the Famous "GW rule that cannot actually work at all", ala Doom of Malan'tai's Warp Field or Taking Skimmers off the base when Immobile. -Shrug-

I think this was an exception to the rule - to stop the infamous double-1 assault denial result...

nosferatu1001 wrote:I think this was an exception to the rule - to stop the infamous double-1 assault denial result...

Yes, but the rule explicitly states that this only applies to a "model stopped 1" away".

Since on page 3 it is defined that something that is exactly 2" away is "Within 2 [inches]" (although I will be the first to admit that it is somewhat vague), this means models may never move exactly 1" away, as the Movement rules state that models "may not move within 1" of an enemy model unless assaulting."

So, yay for useless rules! Who wants a pint?

garigon wrote:Say you have a unit of Leman Russ tanks. There's a gap of 4" between them. Can an enemy unit move through that gap as normal? I'm sure they cannot, since it's 'moving through an enemy unit'.

only if that unit is on a "Terminator" sized base or smaller (even the termi base is arguable).

4" across = maximum of 2" corridor (as you can't move within 1" of EITHER of my vehicles in the squadron.

Termi bases are 40mm, so perfectly fine.

No Dreadnought sized bases can fit through though.