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Hi there,

I was wondering if someone could shed some light on heavy weapons being fired from fire points in a transport. Would the heavy weapon be able to fire if the vehicle moved? In this case would the weapon be firing snap shots?

Cheers!

If the transport moves the model carrying the weapon counts as moving.

Thanks for the quick reply. That clears things up great

Dakka isn't a replacement for reading your available copy of the rulebook - the answer is quite clear in the second paragraph of 'Fire Points' under the Transports rules, and konst80hummel has only got half of the answer.

 Mr. Shine wrote:
Dakka isn't a replacement for reading your available copy of the rulebook - the answer is quite clear in the second paragraph of 'Fire Points' under the Transports rules, and konst80hummel has only got half of the answer.

A) just point them to relevant parts of the rulebook; as in: the answer to your question is in the second paragraph of the Fire Points section of the transport rules in the BRB.

B) konst80hummel did provide the whole answer. Heavy weapon rules dictate the function of firing while moving; all other rules come from those other rules.

Genuinely had trouble finding the rules for this and figured Dakka could help me out. Thank you for the help Kel and Konst

 Kommissar Kel wrote:
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B) konst80hummel did provide the whole answer. Heavy weapon rules dictate the function of firing while moving; all other rules come from those other rules.

No, he only gave the answer for Combat Speed, not Cruising. They are different, even if a model is Relentless.

 Charistoph wrote:

 Kommissar Kel wrote:
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B) konst80hummel did provide the whole answer. Heavy weapon rules dictate the function of firing while moving; all other rules come from those other rules.

No, he only gave the answer for Combat Speed, not Cruising. They are different, even if a model is Relentless.

Not for Heavy weapons.

Excepting relentless, where Cruising Speed fires as a Non-relentless Heavy weapon.

A Heavy Weapon that is Firing from a Moving Transport without any other rules involved Fires Snap Shots. There is absolutely no difference in which speed you move. A heavy weapon with relentless changes; but I covered that with the where to find admonition.

 Kommissar Kel wrote:

 Charistoph wrote:

 Kommissar Kel wrote:
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B) konst80hummel did provide the whole answer. Heavy weapon rules dictate the function of firing while moving; all other rules come from those other rules.

No, he only gave the answer for Combat Speed, not Cruising. They are different, even if a model is Relentless.

Not for Heavy weapons.

Excepting relentless, where Cruising Speed fires as a Non-relentless Heavy weapon.

A Heavy Weapon that is Firing from a Moving Transport without any other rules involved Fires Snap Shots. There is absolutely no difference in which speed you move. A heavy weapon with relentless changes; but I covered that with the where to find admonition.

No, the difference is if you went cruising speed passengers can't fire AT ALL.

They can't ? Can you please tell me the page/paragraph?

 CrownAxe wrote:
No, the difference is if you went cruising speed passengers can't fire AT ALL.

Not true, that's the restriction if the vehicle Flat Out's or uses Smoke Launchers. Page 80, top-right paragraph (or second paragraph under "Fire Points" for digi-book users).