Do transports count as units for deploying army in reserves

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**bat702**

basically as the title explains, while you can only have half the units in your army in reserve for deepstrike, do transports count as units for this rule?

**DeathReaper**

Why wouldn't any unit, that does not specifically exclude itself on its datasheet, count for the 1/2 calculation?

**skysky**

I think he asks because in previous editions unit transports counted as part of the unit they were carrying. Example 1: I place a rhino with a tactical squad inside it on the board. It counted as 1 unit. Example 2: Pathfinders used to require you take a devilfish as dedicated transport with them. You place them as 1 unit on the board. As far as 8th edition though, I don't know , haven't played in years and dont have the book.

**Ghaz**

From the Main Rulebook FAQ:

Q: The Tactical Reserves matched play rule states that at least half the total number of units in my army must be set up on the battlefield during Deployment. If I have units embarked in a transport, do they count against the number of units I have to set up during Deployment? If, for example, I have a Valkyrie with three units embarked inside it that will arrive on the battlefield during the game, how many other units do I need to set up during Deployment to satisfy the Tactical Reserves rule?

A: Yes, embarked units count as units in your army, so must be counted when referring to this rule. If you have three units embarked inside a transport that will arrive during the game, you need to set up at least four other units on the battlefield during Deployment – equivalently, if you set up three units in a transport on the battlefield, you could set up four other units to arrive during the game.

**doctortom**

skysky wrote:
I think he asks because in previous editions unit transports counted as part of the unit they were carrying. Example 1: I place a rhino with a tactical squad inside it on the board. It counted as 1 unit. Example 2: Pathfinders used to require you take a devilfish as dedicated transport with them. You place them as 1 unit on the board. As far as 8th edition though, I don't know , haven't played in years and dont have the book.

There's a difference between counting as one unit and counting as one drop during deployment.You can deploy the transport and its contents as one drop (I thought this was the same as the previous edition) but are still different units. Also, transports in previous editions might have only been able to carry the unit they were dedicated to, but they weren't considered the same unit. To take you example 2, The Tau Pathfinders could all be killed and count as wiping out the unit without having to also wipe out the Devilfish.