FAQ on dreadnauts with smoke launchers in stormraven?

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**Mark_Autarch**

I felt like there was a previous FAQ about dreadnauts riding in storm ravens being able to launch their smoke to protect the storm raven.

1. I can no longer remember where I saw this, is it still legal?

2. can it be used despite the ruling that vehicles with POTMS can't shoot a gun if theyve used smoke (since its the dread using smoke, not the gunship)?

3. Can I use the smoke after deep striking the stormraven, +fire main weapon for moving at combat speed, +fire the other weapon for POTMS, +fire missiles as defensives, +and fire hurricane bolters as defensives (probably not, but everything is so broken in the GK codex that I have to ask)?

Any memory of this concept would be appreciated. Thanks!
-Mark

**juraigamer**

1. I have no idea what you are talking about, so not legal

3. You pop smoke instead of shooting.

**jdjamesdean@mail.com**

1. Fairly certain it's not legal as they're seperate units
2,3- Debunked as they're not a squadron, not the same unit, and certainly not the same vehicle.

thought there was a 4th

**Scott-S6**

If the dread uses smoke then the dread gets a cover save. Not especially useful since the raven is the unit being shot at.

2&3 see above.

**Mark_Autarch**

alright, so no one seems to recall this ruling. so unless I can find the original (or potentially imagined) ruling on #1, 2 and 3 do not apply. Thats fine, I wont bank on it.
thanks
-Mark

**yakface**

We have a ruling on Dreads using their Some Launchers while in a Stormraven in the INAT (not sure if that's what your memory is thinking of), but we ruled that it does not protect the Stormraven, nor does it protect the Dread from the damage caused by its Stormraven exploding.

So the only way it benefits the Dread is if the Stormraven gets destroyed and then the Dread is then shot at by further enemy units.