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Is a marine dreadnought actually able to see over an imperial guard chimera?

Is it able to see but not shoot over? (how high are the weapons mounted?)

I beleive that since the dread is a vehicle...line of sight is drawn from the weapons themselves when the weapons are firing.

Is this something that may come down to a dispute in say...a tournament atmosphere?

I dont actually have a marine dreadnought handy so I dont know....just wondering.

Thinking about it, it probably wouldn't.

I think the eyes are at the same height as the weapons anyway...

This should be in YMDC...

No, this shouldnt be questionable...and it's a possible tactic....one that I beleive people are already using.

Moving to YMDC, as it's more rules than tactics, I guess (kind of borderline).

LOS for a vehicle is from the weapon mount. It's from the eyes for non-vehicle models. Yes, the weapon arm may well be blocked by a Rhino.

It's a rules question.
Now if you were asking whether it was a viable tactic or how to use it then it would belong here.

Yes, the dread can see past a Chimera(the vision slit in 2-3mm above the bulk of the chimera, i.e. the hull, not the turret).

The Dread can only see a standing guardsman that is 3" away from the Chimera, base-to hull(pulled out my Chimera, a guardsman, and one of my dreads).

Seeing from the vision slit does not matter though, you need LOS from the gun, the heavy flamer/Storm bolter on the DCCW will never be able to see over a chimera(it is mounted about half-way up the chimera), Certain gun arms could also not see over the Chim: MM & Ass-cannon being the 2 examples I have on hand. The T-L weapons can, as the top barrel is vision-slit-high. The missile launcher can for the same reason. I do not know about the plasma cannon. Iron clad hurricane bolters can.

I'm 90% sure that he's talking about GK and Psyfleman dreads positioned behind chimeras firing over them.

Yes, they can see over - the autocannons are higher than the chimera hull. Whether what you're firing at gets cover or not is an ENTIRELY different story.