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Chimera has 5 fire points... Where are they and what's the arc of fire for them? Are they related to the decorative hull-mounted lasguns in any way?

They are the large hatch on the back, and the "arc of fire" is whatever you can see from them - hatches dont have an arc, only vehicle weapons do.

No relation the lasguns

IIRC, in older chimeras you could only fire lasguns from the fire points. This is not the case now, but it's why the hull-mounted lasguns are there.

Plus, if it was the hull-mounted lasguns, of which there are 6, then why would you only get 5 fire points?

They are related to the Lasguns. They represent the fire points but you can fire other guns out of there for simplicity. Not sure about the thing RaptorsTallon mentioned though.

I always thought that was a bit weird, 6 lasguns but 5 models can fire? A bit odd but whatever. Measure LOS and distance from the center of the top hatch. This means that the turret can get in the way if shooting at the 12 o'clock position.

-cgmckenzie

you measure from the hatch. Read a codex and it will tell you. In GK codex it does anyway.

nosferatu1001 wrote:They are the large hatch on the back, and the "arc of fire" is whatever you can see from them - hatches dont have an arc, only vehicle weapons do.

No relation the lasguns

Lokirfellheart wrote:They are related to the Lasguns. They represent the fire points but you can fire other guns out of there for simplicity. Not sure about the thing RaptorsTallon mentioned though.

Marthike wrote:you measure from the hatch. Read a codex and it will tell you. In GK codex it does anyway.

Yeah I didn't have the Imperial Guard codex to check, and yet I am fighting against IG... But I DO have GK codex, what was I thinking these few days...

"For simplicity we assume all shots to be taken from the hatch."

Thanks guys.