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Couple of issues came up at a tourney this weekend and I wanted to get a concensus...

1. Can artillery w/min range fire at a unit that is both in and out of its min range? In the crude drawing below the A, B & C are a single unit. The Grifonn could not shoot at B or C becuase of Min range, but A is outside of min range. Can he aim at C?

A
B
C



Griffon

2. Does a CCS that orders "Bring it Down" or "Fire on my Target" have to fire at the nominated target that the commander issued an order for? Ex. A commander successfully gives a "Bring it Down" order to a HWS for a vehicle. Is the Commander and his squad obligated to shoot at the same vehicle?

1. I believe you'd miss if you placed the marker on C - but placing it on A would be fine.

2. I don't think orders count as shooting, so you can shoot whatever you like.

1. I could be wrong, but you would have to place the blast on A, as B & C are too close.

2. If hte order is given to a different unit (not the CCS) then the CCS can shoot at something else entirely. If the order is given to the HW model in the CCS, then the whole unit has to shoot at the target.

1. Distance to the unit has nothing to do with it, so it doesn't matter if part of the unit is within the minimum range and part of the unit is outside of it. Place the large blast marker over any enemy model in the target unit, then measure to see if the centre of the marker is between the min/max ranges and go from there (Rulebook, pp30 & 32).

2. No, the commander does not have to fire at the same vehicle. There is no rule to say that he must; after all, it's entirely possible for the CCS to order multiple units to bring down different vehicles.

Thanks for the help guys.