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How do tank traps interact with walkers.

Tank traps are impassable terrain to all vehicles.

Walkers behave as infantry in the movement/assault phase.

Need some clarity on wether a dreadnought can move through a lone of tank traps.

Haven't got access to a rule book for a bit so any help is greatly appreciated thanks.

 HANZERtank wrote:


Walkers behave as infantry in the movement/assault phase.
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There's your answer.

They're vehicles, but when you're looking for which movement rules apply to them you count them as infantry.

How do infantry move through impassible terrain?

That's your answer

Task traps aren't impassable to infantry.

 insaniak wrote:
Task traps aren't impassable to infantry.

It still is a vehicle, it just moves like infantry. It doesn't say it counts as being infantry.

This.

Walkers are vehicles. Tank traps are impassable to vehicles. Nuff said.

They move and fight in most respects like infantry, but they are still vehicles.

I think in the past I argued the opposite, but having a look at the rules I've come to the following reading:

From 'Tank Traps':

"Tank traps are impassable terrain to non-Skimmer vehicles, dangerous terrain to Bikes, and open ground for other units."

From 'Moving Walkers':

"Walkers move using the movement rules for Infantry."

Walkers move using the movement rules for, but are not actually, Infantry. As such they would move using the rules for Infantry attempting to move into something they, as actually a non-Skimmer vehicle, find Impassable.

Therefore you would move using the rules for Infantry attempting to move into/through/etc. Impassable terrain.

To play devil's advocate, though, given that you use the movement rules for infantry, wouldn't the movement rules for infantry through tank traps (count as open ground) apply?

 doctortom wrote:
To play devil's advocate, though, given that you use the movement rules for infantry, wouldn't the movement rules for infantry through tank traps (count as open ground) apply?

This comes down to basically two interpretations. Tank traps are impassable to vehicles movement. Walkers are vehicles, therefore its impassable versus Walkers move as Infantry therefore that terrain that is impassable to vehicles is not impassable because they are counted as Infantry for movement. The rule is not clear enough to determine intent for walkers.

Here's another question, if I purchase the tank traps (they're part of my army) can they prevent large base models (I.E. Wraithknight) from charging if the model base has to land on top of a tank trap?

No, for monstrous creatures and the like they can invoke Wobbly Model Syndrome (page 20)