Hi all, trying to work through and learn the rules for artillery observer. I had a hit on an armoured troop carrier vehicle and I am not sure I have it right. There was a huge number of dice rolls and I had to refer to I think 5 different sections in the rulebook to work out the outcome.
This is what I think i understand:
Roll D6 to see if the barrage comes in (page 84)
If result is 4-6 then Roll D6+6″ for the blast radius
Roll a die for each unit friend and enemy, within the blast radius.
Result 1-5 D3 pin markers
Result 6: On a result of 6 the unit takes a hit from a heavy howitzer – place a 4″ HE template on the target unit in the same way as for HE shells and resolve hits with a pen value of +4. (from the table on page 84)
**If it’s a vehicle: (from Page 107)
The vehicle itself takes a single hit, as the unit consists of a single model – roll just once to damage the vehicle using the Pen value of the shell (see page 70)…
**If it’s an infantry squad: (from page 69)
Count the number of models whose bases are under the template (even partially) – that is the number. Each unit hit suffers a number of hits equal to the number of its models that are under the template.
So my actual question is:
Is there no actual “to hit” roll for the ** sections above as the previous steps have already determined hit or miss? You just roll the damage? The phrase “resolve hits with a pen value of +4” seams ambiguous to me?
Thanks!
