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Hi
Does the missile pod of the mighty Whirlywind count as gun barrel for targeting purposes?
Thanks

To check range yeah. But for line of sight it doesn't matter since you don't need LOS to fire the whirlwind

Sorry I mean if someone at shooting at the whirlwind. EG: the gun barrel of a Basilisk cannot be shot at. But the Whirlwind has that chunky missile pod thing instead of gun barrel. Does that pod thing count as a barrel or part of the hull?

So if an opponent has LOS to the missile pod (but not the rest of whirlwind) they can shoot at it?

Edit: lolwut I suck at explaining things.

Edit: The Emperor protects

My understanding is that weapons on vehicles are part of the hull. So if he sees your missile launcher. He can shoot you you'll still get your cover unless basilisks ignore cover. And that goes for the basilisk as well if you have range to his cannon you can shoot it.

Weapon barrles are not counted for LOS, but the mounting is.

The rule is that you must be able to see it's hull or turret (ignoring gun barrels...etc.) - BRB Page 73, "Shooting at Vehicles".

Whilst the launcher is clearly not hull, I could see the argument for calling it a Turret, so my opinion would be that your opponent could shoot at it if only the launcher is visible (getting a cover save for 25% obscured of course).

Personally, as in how I would play it, I also say you can draw line of sight to the launcher but would state not to the missiles themselves; as that is a close comparison to a turret and it's barrel.

This is also important as those missiles might be 'one use only,' and had already been launched. After all, it is easy to have a model assembled in such a way that the player can not remove the missile to represent which one has been used. It would make even less sense for you to be able to draw line of sight to the vehicle when all you can see is a missile that is technically 'used.' Yet it would be possible, at least arguable, that it is a physical part of the model and without an exception stating it can not be used for line of sight then it can be used for line of sight.