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Hi,

I'm a veteran returning to 8th and I'm almost sure that my inertia is what is confusing me here.

I've read the rules and found nothing that indicates that a unit that shot with heavy weapons (or any other kind of weapon) can not charge in the same turn.

I'm almost sure you can fire everyhing and charge but my previous experience with warhammer is at odds with it.

Am I missing something?

The relevant rules are:

Page 179 wrote:1. Choose Unit to Shoot With In your Shooting phase you can shoot with models armed with ranged weapons.
First, you must pick one of your units to shoot with. You may not pick a unit that Advanced or Fell Back this turn, or a unit that is within 1" of an enemy unit.

Page 182 wrote:
1. Choose Unit to Charge With Any of your units within 12" of the enemy in your Charge phase can make a charge move. You may not choose a unit that Advanced or Fell Back this turn, nor one that started the Charge phase within 1" of an enemy.

Yes, you can.

You're correct, anyone can charge after firing any weapons unless that unit or weapon has an Ability that states otherwise, but I'm not aware of anything like that so far.

I was really confused by this at first, in conjunction with assault weapons.

Assault weapons have literally nothing to do with assaulting. It seems an odd name choice.

 argonak wrote:
I was really confused by this at first, in conjunction with assault weapons.

Assault weapons have literally nothing to do with assaulting. It seems an odd name choice.

It's odd until you realise that "assaulting" is no longer an action in 40k, so shouldn't be expected to have anything to do with charging.

Thanks to all,

Yes, assault weapons have nothing to do with charge now. They are "useful" to run and gun.

I'm happy to see that, even if the wording of the rules is obvious I was not the only one confused.

I was doubly so when there was no mention to this on the "stepping into a new edition" FAQ

Thanks!