Deathstorm Drop Pod question

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**winterwind85**

In the rules it says
" when it arrives opens fire indiscriminately " it hits d3 times every Unit in Range and then continues to Fire a Single weapon a Turn.
Does this mean i can only fire 1 whirlwind launcher?
Or all 5 but only 1 Shot per launcher

**ItsPug**

Assuming you mean the 40K version by Whirlwind launcher, it only has one whirlwind launcher, so....

Turn it arrives from reserves, D3 shots from its 1 whirlwind launcher at each unit, friend or foe, within 12". May not fire normally

Turn it did not arrive from reserve, 1 shot from its 1 whirlwind launcher at an enemy unit within 48".

**winterwind85**

But the Model has 5 launchers modeled?

**Captyn_Bob**

The model an also fire a potentially infinite number of shots in its first salvo. The model and the rules don't have to make much sense.

**nosferatu1001**

winterwind85 wrote:
But the Model has 5 launchers modeled?

Presuming you mean the FW Deathstorm, each weapon fires once instead of firing D3 times, after the first turn

**winterwind85**

So 5 pieplates a Turn After the First Turn ?

**Captyn_Bob**

How many weapons is it listed as having on its profile?

**spiderman518**

I had the same question a while back but came to the conclusion that the launchers are ordinance blast weapons so it doesn't mater if there's 1, 5 or 20. RAW it can only fire one and the rest are snap shots (can't snap shot blast weapons).

But the real reason to ask "how many launchers there is" is for when you get weapon destroyed result. If you get the answer please let me know. Right now I play that there's 5 and when a weapon destroyed result shows up, we randomize which one and that just prevents the pod from shooting in that direction.