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Going to sound like a complete noob but im so confused and its important to have a few questions answered before I assemble my leman russ

in a few days I will be buying and assembling a leman russ for my new guard army. im undecided on how to equip it as im rejoining the hobby, do not currently possess a rulebook and confused about ordnance weapons.

Would I be right in saying a leman russ battle tank could fire its battle cannon, lascannon, and heavy bolters all at full bs if the tank was stationary when it shot?

or even if I stay stationary all other weapons would have to snapfire?

if the latter is true then I see sponsons as worthless and will not equip them

I apologize if this is in the wrong forum or if my questions are tedious but any help would much appreciated

The forums cannot be used instead of a book you don't own...

But I wouldn't invest in sponsons or a lascannon if you intend on using an ordinance weapon as your main gun.

If a vehicle fires Ordnance (regardless if it moves or not) all other weapons fire Snap Shots. That said, there are a couple reasons to get the sponsons.

Leman Russ with out optional weapons have a Hull Weapon and Turret Weapon, meaning there is a 50% chance to lose the main gun on weapon destroyed. 100% chance on hte second Weapon Destroyed result.

A Leman Russ with an optional weapon, and pair of sponsons have 5 weapons (main, hull, optional, left sponson, right sponson) and as such have only a 20% chance of losing the main gun on a weapon destroyed. Which then increases to 25%, 33.3%, 50%, 100%. As Leman Russ' only have a few Hull Points, with optional weapons, your vehicle has a better chance of being destroyed before losing your main gun.

Additionally, the sponsons give you some added flexibility.

redrooster148 wrote:
Going to sound like a complete noob but im so confused and its important to have a few questions answered before I assemble my leman russ

in a few days I will be buying and assembling a leman russ for my new guard army. im undecided on how to equip it as im rejoining the hobby, do not currently possess a rulebook and confused about ordnance weapons.

Please do not attempt to use Dakka as a substitute for owning the rules.