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If you are assaulted by a Necron Overlord in CCB can you instead of hitting him back use a Melta bomb on the rear armour of the CCB?

I can't see anything that says you can't but it seems a bit stupid.

Why does it seem stupid? You are in combat with both the vehicle and the rider.

i think it says somewhere that attacks are directed against the rider but i may be wrong.

It says they CAN be directed at him, doesn't say they MUST.

You can attack the CCB if you wish. You're in base contact with 2 separate units: CCB and the Overlord. Rules allow you to split your attacks between these two units as you see fit.
Quite often the tactically correct decision is to kill the CCB.

And before someone asks, charging CCB doesn't count as disordered charge, because you only declared charge against single unit.

also i believe the Overlord cannot issue or accept a challenge while on the CCB, i am not 100% but i am fairly certain of it.

40k-noob wrote:
also i believe the Overlord cannot issue or accept a challenge while on the CCB, i am not 100% but i am fairly certain of it.

They're not locked in combat, so no.

Are the melta bombs resolved against the rear armor of the CCB?

For some reason, and I don't have the cron codex on me. I thought you hit the CCB like a walker* in CC front armor only

No, CCB are not walkers and have no special rules stating you are to use the front armour, so you use the rear armour.

The CCB is essentially a Fast Skimmer for all shooting/combat purposes i think.

Not even "essentially" - it IS a fast skimmer. "chariot" is a special rule like "Jump"

Its a Fast Skimmer Chariot.

None of those classifications have anything referring to which facing is hit in assault, so you use the default rule. Which is rear armor.

masterofthedark wrote:
If you are assaulted by a Necron Overlord in CCB can you instead of hitting him back use a Melta bomb on the rear armour of the CCB?

Page 82: CHARIOTS: Fighting from a Chariot: '[ ], the rider of the Chariot is treated as being in base contact with all enemy models that are themselves in contact with the Chariot.'

All of your models that are in base contact with the Chariot are also in base contact with the Rider. You can choose for any or all of the models ENGAGED in the combat to strike blows against the rider. if any strike blows against the Chariot, then they follow the assault rules for vehicles and strike on rear armour.

Any models that are engaged with the chariot are also, by definition engaged wtht he character.

nosferatu1001 wrote:
Any models that are engaged with the chariot are also, by definition engaged wtht he character.

You're right.