I have a vehicle with a heavy weapon and a SAW, and I want to fire at a single
target. Do I use one action to fire the heavy weapon and the SAW
together, rolling three dice (the quality die, the firecon die, and the SAW
support firepower die)? Or do I have to use two actions, one to fire the heavy
weapon, and one to fire the SAW? The first option seems right based on the way
infantry fire works, but the 'adding support firepower' rules refer to
infantry only. Thanks, Jed Docherty
Second method (2 separate actions). The heavy weapon uses slightly different
firecombat rules to start with.
As a rule of thumb, unless they're linked weapons (ie: twin MDC/3, etc),
any weapons with a firecon or guidance die, must only be fired separately
using 1 action.
'Neath Southern Skies - http://users.mcmedia.com.au/~denian/
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Hmm, honestly I would be recommending that you don't play the rules as such
but play "the game". What do I mean you ask?
In an infantry squad, fire control can include/exclude squad heavy
weapons: "Section, 200m, 11 o'clock, left edge of tree line, rapid, FIRE!" as
opposed to "Rifle Group, 200m, 12 o'clock, right edge of tree line 1 minute
sustained, FIRE"
A vehicle will generally engage a point target with teh main gun and use the
SAW in an anit-infantry role or perhaps to indicate a fall of
shot/target
for someone else. Consider engaging a hardened building; generally a vehicle
would EITHER engage the target with the main gun in hopes of destroying it or
hose it with MG fire to suppress whoever is inside (or maybe provoke a
response? Recon by fire...).
So really I would be asking why you are trying to fire both weapons. :-)
Cheers,
Owen G
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