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Just rereading the deffrolla rules before I put mine into play, and realise that it doesn't actually mention ramming.
Unless ramming is new in 5th ed (which doesn't seem plausible) this means it was left out intentionally.
Its still just a big thing hitting another tank. Just like if your tank had some other form of spike on the front, it means nothing for ramming purposes (besides hull determining, but thats another debate).

It seems to be the dakka concensus that D6 S10 still happens, but I wanna know.... why?

Yes they do effect vechiles check the faq at GW website

Jubear is correct

psyklone wrote:Unless ramming is new in 5th ed (which doesn't seem plausible) this means it was left out intentionally.

And yes, Ramming was new in 5th.

Ramming is indeed new in 5th.

There have been incredible, unending debates over this in the past.

Thankfully GW finally got around to updating the Ork FAQ in February this year and specifically affirmed that DR's work when Ramming, as Ramming is "a type of Tank Shock".

http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m1490295a_FAQ_Orks_2010.pdf

Q. Can you use the Deffrolla when Ramming vehicles or does it only work when Tank Shocking non-vehicle units?
A. The death rolla does indeed inflict d6 s10 hits against vehicles, as Ramming is just a type of tank shock.

(Ork FAQ february 2010)

Edit: Ninja'd!

Can you tell that this one was BURNED into all our minds after so many months of waiting for an answer?

WTH?
How long has this game been around?
And the only just came up with ramming in 5th?

Thanks for the info. I didn't bother reading the FAQs because I figured they would be questions and answers, not new rules.

EDIT: Lol, yes I can Mann, and I understand why now.

It was something you could do back in 2nd Ed, but they over-simplified the rules in 3rd and it carried through 4th.

That's a lot of time, mind you.

And FAQ's are always useful since they clear up unintentional mistakes or errors (like the Runtherd profile in Big Gunz).

Actually ramming was around in previous versions, it was brought back in 5th.

In 4th you COULD tank shock vehicles, however only those with a lower AV than you, and as such you would do the damage to the tank shocked vehicle.

And yes, this really was burned into peoples brains