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So I charge with two units against a rhino. the first units kills the rhino. can both charging units consolidate the unit inside or just the unit which kdestroyed the rhino?

One unit completes the "pile in, fight, consolidate" sequence before another unit begins the sequence.

If 2 units charge a rhino, one of the two is selected in the fight phase. It will pile in, then fight (in your example it destroys the rhino which results in the troops it was carrying disembarking) and then it consolidates.

The second charging unit is now selected, and it can pile in. It cannot fight because it charged the rhino and not the unit inside it, and charging units can only fight against the unit(s) it declared a charge against, or units that have heroically intervened. It can then consolidate without having fought.

Note there is no way to declare a charge against the occupants of the rhino, because you must successfully reach engagement range of all targets of a charge and there is no way to be in engagement range of an embarked unit.

so I can always pile in and consolidate with all charging units even the first unit that was selected to fight killed the only target? so free 6" movev(3+3) towards the closest enemy unit with rest of the chargers?

Xirax wrote:
so I can always pile in and consolidate with all charging units even the first unit that was selected to fight killed the only target? so free 6" movev(3+3) towards the closest enemy unit with rest of the chargers?

Correct. Everyone who successfully charged can activate. Everyone who activates can do their pile in and consolidate moves.

If you charge, you get to activate, even if not within engagement range.

What you can't do is attack the unit that came out of the rhino as you did not declare a charge against them, but you can still Pile in and consolidate into them.

and the units you got contact with can hit you.

Aash wrote:
The second charging unit is now selected, and it can pile in. It cannot fight because it charged the rhino and not the unit inside it, and charging units can only fight against the unit(s) it declared a charge against, or units that have heroically intervened. It can then consolidate without having fought.

This, but with one small correction: in the rules, "fight" means "pile in, attack, consolidate".

So if a unit charged but the enemies it was in engagement range with are all dead, then it can still fight. It would pile in, but not be allowed to attack, and then would be allowed to consolidate.

This might sound a bit nitpicky, but IMHO the biggest reason this question (or similar questions) seems to keep popping up is because people conflate "fight" with "attack".