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I can't find this being covered anywhere in the rules and I searched this forum and found nothing.

What happens when a tank squadron tank shocks?

Ran into this in a game where a squadron of two IG hydras TS'ed a squad of space marines. They passed their leadership test (only took one, should it have been 2?) and the melta gunner made a death or glory. It managed to immobilize one hydra but what happens to the second one? It was starting an inch or two further back so we decided the immobilization result applied to the one that made contact first but is the second tank treated as a totally separate TS or a continuation of the first? If separate the same melta gunner could shoot at it as well in a death or glory but I assume a second leadership test would need to be passed? Or is it treated as one tank shock since it was only one tank shock declaration and thus the same model can't death or glory again?

If the first tank is immobilized and the second tank moves out of coherency with it's declared TS distance I would assume it's treated the same as abandoning a squadron-mate at any other time.

Each vehicle acts independently, so it should've been 2 leadership tests, and the melta gunner could've DoG'd twice.

Does it say that in the rule book? I looked for it but couldn't find anything so just wanted to know for future use.

We ended up playing it as one big tank shock so he death or gloried with another model and a krak grenade who ended up dying.

Cool. I once tank shocked with a squad of 4 Grot Tanks, but my opponent insisted they all had to target the exact same spot (thusly causing a traffic jam) and count as one shock. Seemed stupid even by 40k standards

 LUTNIT wrote:
Does it say that in the rule book? I looked for it but couldn't find anything so just wanted to know for future use.

We ended up playing it as one big tank shock so he death or gloried with another model and a krak grenade who ended up dying.

Each vehicle moves independently, each has the option to Flat Out (the others can stay and shoot) etc.
The only thing they do together, really, is stay in coherency.

About the immobilized vehicle. Once immobilized you have the option to abandon it per the rule on page 77 of the BRB, Abandoning Squadron-Mates. If the second tanks movement takes it out of coherency, they become separate units per the rule.

Also of note, you do not need to declare all of the squads tank shocks at once and so you are not forced to move out of coherency if the first one gets immobilized. You declare the first tanks Tank Shock, pivot the tank, declare distance, move the tank, make the necessary roles, end that tanks move. You then declare the next tanks Tank Shock, pivot, declare distance (must end it in coherency with the first unless it's immobilized), moves, roles, repeat unitil the whole squad has moved. You may choose to Tank Shock with some, move normally with others, even leave the lead tank stationary and Tank shock with the one in the rear.

So long as, after movement is complete, they are all in coherency.

That makes sense.
Thanks for the replies.

I all of a sudden have the urge to order some grot tanks.

Iirc only the model in the path of a vehicle can issue a death or glory. Thus if you don't move over the meltagunner - he can't DoG. Nope?

 koooaei wrote:
Iirc only the model in the path of a vehicle can issue a death or glory. Thus if you don't move over the meltagunner - he can't DoG. Nope?

Huh, didn't see that before, you're right.

page 86 wrote:... one of [the units] models in the vehicle's path can stand and attempt to destroy it ...

It could get slippery when a model is right on the edge of the path but if the tank is clearly not even passing close to the melta gunner then it can't Death or Glory. That really changes tank shocking tactics for me.