Stuart Harrison

No.  Mortars and Machine guns are infantry, and more specifically for this rule, infantry support team weapons.  The weapons are not distinct models within the unit, even if you model them on their own bases.  See p35, Units, Types of Units for the definitions of infantry and artillery units – only artillery defines the gun as a model within th…[Read more]

The rule applies to units that ‘consist of either one or two infantry models’ – artillery units by definition consist of the gun model itself and a number of crew models, so it can never consist of one or two infantry models (the FAQ confirms that the intent of the term ‘consists’ as excluding anything else).
“If I shoot at a unit of artillery…[Read more]

One passenger per additional weapon, so your example is correct.

The rule you’re looking for is p114, Vehicles, Transport Vehicles, Role of Transports, third para – note the last part about the modifiers for the shot being dependent on the experience/pins of the model firing each weapon, so it matters which is the weapon you declare as fired by…[Read more]

You are correct, down is +2 to hit, as is anything that ‘counts as down’.

Empires in Flames is a theatre book – theatre books were published under first edition when down was only +1 to hit.

Lorenzo is incorrect on the splitting fire question, see the last para of the indirect fire rules, p72.  That provision was missing in first editon, added in FAQ, then written into the rules for second edition.

As Nat says for 1a and 2, 1b there is specific provisions for units in buildings to split fire – all models shooting from a particular side of the building must target the same unit unless they have another provision to split fire (one shot, indirect fire weapon).  See p123 Buildings, Shooting from Buildings, first para, fourth sentence.

@ Steeljackal – fixed weapons couldn’t be moved in rough terrain with a run order so a specific exception had to be inserted in the errata allowing it.

Again, specific exceptions don’t change/remove the general rule.  In this case, I’d say they confirm it by needing the exception.

“Page 67, Fixed special rule, fourth paragraph. The sentence…[Read more]

As Arty Gun says, the rule applies to the medic unit as a whole, not just the medic model, so no model in the unit can fire.

As written, I’d say you are correct.  ‘Should’ is a basis for discussing a house rule for when the situation comes up in future, it doesn’t change the definition of ‘no run’ terrain.  Same goes for exceptions in specific circumstances – they don’t change the general rule.

One common conversion is simply to use centimetres instead of inches for smaller scales – alternatively you can leave the measurements alone and enjoy a slightly less crowded looking table.

One hit, specifically hitting the top armour.

Only one hit, not a template or anything else, so only one model in the unit can take damage.

Found this listing:

https://www.colonelbills-store.co.uk/store/Old-West-Selection-of-Rifles-Hand-Guns-&-Holsters-p461452988

The ‘generic shotgun’ should be a double barrel side by side for the period, but looks single barrel in the picture?  If so, could still be modified to a side by side.  Another option is to modify one of the two rifles i…[Read more]

Bad Squiddo has some Land Army ladies with double barrel shotguns.  There’s the odd double barrel scattered through the VBCW ranges (Empress and Footsore) but you’ll generally be buying a pack of four minis for one with a shotgun, I think the Great Escape Games plastic gunfighters have a couple of double barrels on each sprue (2 part so can be…[Read more]

Spotters can’t fire weapons – from the FAQ:

“Can a medic or an artillery/mortar spotter fire the weapons of a
vehicle they are being transported in?
It’s the passengers doing the firing, and therefore medic
units, because they ‘cannot fire any weapons’, cannot fire a
transport’s weaponry.
Spotters similarly cannot fire weapons and cannot spot wh…[Read more]

They don’t have any such rule that I’m aware of, they even have access to AT grenades.

The only thing the nebelwerfer is treated like a mortar for is it’s range and template size. The whole ‘counts as a heavy mortar’ throw away is meaningless.  Everything else relevant to a heavy mortar is eliminated elsewhere in it’s rules.  Other than range and template size, none of the relevant rules are even specific to it being a particular w…[Read more]

Go to an Armies of series book.

Go to a theatre selector.

Read the last para, and it should read something like this:

“A Soviet force for the opening of Barbarossa must comprise one or more reinforced platoons picked from the following Army List.  Each reinforced platoon is made up as follows:”

All platoons are ‘reinforced platoons’.  The c…[Read more]

@Nanashi, Vehicle Design Rules PDF (unofficial) suggests difference between soft skin and open topped should only be 35 points.  Looks like an error to me.

It’s then only 20 points for the light AT gun, which should cost 50 points, and another 20 to upgrade to medium.

Should probably be re-costed from scratch.

Personal opinion – the FAQ is a total misread of the rule as written.

As written, you replace one characteristic from AoGB with ONE characteristic (not national list of characteristics) from Western Desert.  You don’t get Unsurpassed Bravery AND Manpower of the Empire, you get ONE characteristic.  If there was an intent to change that specific ‘…[Read more]