Question: Bombardament preparatory

[Flavio]

The 10 infantry are hit with the result 6 on the preparatory bombardment chart:

A) all infantry models with 3+ penetration?

B) only 1 infantry model is hit with 3+ penetration?

Does the tank vehicle take +1 penetration because it is hit top  armor?

[Stuart Harrison]

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

[Flavio]

Thank , and the vehicle?

[Stuart Harrison]

One +3 pen hit, specifically hitting the top armour, so total +4 pen.

• This reply was modified 2 years, 1 month ago by Stuart Harrison.

[Paul Nettle]

Yes, a very daft rule which my club has a special rule for.  If hit by a preliminary bombardment on a “6” we use the heavy howitzer template so any one under the template is hit with a 3+ pen.   If a squad is hit by a heavy howitzer shell it seems daft that only one person is hit.

It is the same daft rule with minefields.  Ten veterans advance into a 6″ by 6″ minefield so most will be standing on a mine.  Roll a “5” and only one man is hit my a mine.  It does make minefield clearing units useless.

• This reply was modified 2 years, 1 month ago by Paul Nettle.

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