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The answer is no, unless of course the centre of the barrage blast scatters off the front of the vehicle but the marker is still touching as it then comes up against the shield. If it is anywhere else on the vehicle or partially on the side/rear nope.

HandofMars wrote:
Resolved against side armor with -2S from flare shield.

The likelyhood of that happening is low, it would have to scatter far enough for the centre to go off the front of the vehicle and yet still have the template centre draw a direct line towards the front arc. Due to the lengths of front, side and rear of a spartan its going to hit side or rear a hell of a lot more often.