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So, in the Renegades list, a quad launcher is a Heavy 4, Blast, Barrage, Shell Shock weapon.

The definition of 'Shell Shock' says that models get -1 to their Ld for Pinning checks.

But, why would they take a Pinning check anyway? The weapon doesn't cause Pinning!

Barrage used to cause Pinning by default, and as yet FW haven't updated the rules for the Quad Launcher to include the pinning rule since 7th.

Has come up in previous threads, and someone usually provides an email from FW stating that it's meant to have pinning, and that they're going to FAQ it "soon".

However, from the standpoint of this forum that doesn't mean much (Tenet number 2). RAW the rule does nothing, HIWPI is that it's meant to have Pinning.

Gah. That's pretty annoying given that it's in both IA13 and Siege of Vraks, both of which were released during 7th Edition!

Also, the newest version (30k book 6) STILL doesn't have pinning.

Imperial Armour: 13's weapon entry for the Heavy quad Launcher does have Pinning (page 195), whereas it is lacking from the same weapon's entry in the Siege of Vraks book.

If you email ForgeWorld I'm 99% sure they will tell you that it's a typo in the SIege of Vraks book, but per RAW a Renegades & Heretics army using IA:13 has pinning Quad Launchers, whereas Vraksian renegades do not.

ForgeWorld aren't known for being consistent with their weapons indexes (you need Siege of Vraks to reasonably be aware of Laser Destroyers and Laser Destroyer Arrays being different weapons with different AP values, as IA:13 only lists the AP1 version; Medusa cannons have Barrage in 30k but not 40k, etc.)

For organized play I would suggest contacting a T.O or discuss with your gaming group about it.