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When charging a vehicle, embarked passengers can fire Overwatch using the fire points on a vehicle. A unit is not locked in combat with a vehicle.

So, could an embarked unit not fire Overwatch at the first charging unit and still be able to fire at a second charging unit? When charging regular squads, it sometimes makes sense to have a weak unit charge first to take the Overwatch...but can that strategy work for vehicles where you are not locked in combat?

From 'Transports and Assaults':

"...can fire Overwatch at the attackers out of its Fire Points - note that a unit can still only fire Overwatch once a turn, even if embarked on a Transport."

This suggests to me the writers were thinking about the possibility of embarked units firing Overwatch multiple times as they are not engaged when embarked, which would support that, provided they have not already done so against one charging unit, they may do so against a subsequent charging unit

Yup, the embarked unit would be perfectly free to hold off on Overwatch in the hope that a juicier target is going to charge the vehicle later.

Indeed.

Rules wise I could have quoted these relevant rules to anyone, but must admit this never occurred to me. I need to pass this on to our Ork players, could really help them.

They are not engaged, and may fire overwatch at anyone who charges the vehicle.

We ork players already know dis trik!

 JimOnMars wrote:
They are not engaged, and may fire overwatch at anyone who charges the vehicle.

We ork players already know dis trik!

Small correction - they are not engaged, and may fire overwatch at any one unit who charges the vehicle

Correct - they can only fire Overwatch at one unit, but it does not need to be the first one to charge. That's pretty straightforward. Ordinarily, you only have the option of shooting at the first unit to charge. You don't have to, but as long as any unit gets into assault range, your unit is locked in cc, and you can't fire overwatch at any other unit which charges. Vehicles (except Walkers) don't get locked in combat. Thus, you can fire overwatch at only one unit, but it can be whichever charging unit you want.