The crew’s penalties apply to the weapon fired by the crew.  The passenger’s penalty applies to weapons fired by the passenger’s.

The passenger’s only come into it after the single weapon permitted to the crew.  They don’t get to take over all the weapons, just the ones that are ‘more than o…[Read more]

“Let’s say I have a Inexperienced transport that has a MMG for a weapon (a German SdKfz 251/1 halftrack for example). When it shoots, it incurs a -1
To Hit penalty due to being inexperienced. Got it.

Now let’s say I have a Veteran infantry squad riding in…

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Just noticed your post, sorry for the late reply.  I just did some quick research in my printout of the K47 pdf and you’re right.  I’m gonna check with the local game store owner, who’s also a ranked Bolt Action player.  I’m thinking that with the standard Schwerefeld Projektor being mounted on PUMAs, PzIVs and Panthers, and a Th…[Read more]

@Kar98k – that would be a house rule.

@Stuart Harrison and @Jeff Knez (answer to your question)

Stuart, yes, you are correct. This was a common house rule for earlier editions (which still intermingles with long-timers), but in Bolt Action: Third Edition, it is no longer a house rule. It is included as a rule. This is on page 146 under Weapons M…[Read more]

If an artillery unit is set up in rough ground and the crew wants to make a re-crewing move which is treated as a Run, can it move and if yes how far? Normally you can´t Run in rough ground, only Advance.

There is a special rule for transport vehicles which over-rides the general rule you cited (specific ‘Transport vehicles have a minimal crew, so each turn they can only fire one weapon’ vs the general ‘We assume that vehicles have sufficient crew to employ whatever weapons they carry’) .  They are limited to…[Read more]

Now let’s say I have a Veteran infantry squad riding in the transport. Can it shoot the MMG instead so that it doesn’t incur the -1 to Hit penalty?

To discourage exploiting build points mechanics, most gaming groups I know do not allow this. If you purchased a inexperience half-track, it fires as inexperienced regardless of the passengers. Als…[Read more]

Impassable terrain is still impassable, as are other terrain restrictions.

Sorry if this has been covered before, but I couldn’t seem to find the answer.

Let’s say I have a Inexperienced transport that has a MMG for a weapon (a German SdKfz 251/1 halftrack for example).  When it shoots, it incurs a -1
To Hit penalty due to being inexperienced.  Got it.

Now let’s say I have a Veteran infantry squad r…[Read more]

is the re-crewing move for artillery units affected by terrain or always as the bird flies 12″?

Also, I’ve been working on something to ease the translation process so I should soon provide more resources.

It works much better for me, and it doesn’t have the historical errors that WLG constantly has.

No, if the spotter has pins, but the mortar team doesn’t have pins, the mortar team does not need to pass an order test to fire. As explained on page 102, the spotter and mortar team (or any unit with a spotter) can be…[Read more]

Now that we got that out of the way, I would like to quickly talk about the new boxed sets. They are a great match up for the German Veteran Infantry Platoon (plastic) box set. Why…[Read more]

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And I was wondering if anyone else could think of any other French Vehicles that should be included.

Not easy to answer this because we are not sure what will already be included in the new book.

For sure, the basic vehicles, and maybe some of the more obscure ones, but unless they release a preview list, we will not know for sure what will be…[Read more]

Does anyone know if Warlords will also release Australian in plastic?

I’ve been using the North African plastics to date however, I am really hoping for South-West Pacific plastics with Owen SMG,…[Read more]

I have a large-ish French army with a good selection of vehicles including a number that were not mentioned in the 2nd Ed. Armies of France or the 3rd Ed. French Army list. I was wondering if they were going to be included in the 3rd Ed Armies of France book which is supposed to be a more comprehensive list.

And I was…[Read more]

Details… Date: Saturday, June 6, 2026, Time: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM   …[Read more]

I’m on the road, so I don’t have my rulebooks handy.  IIRC, in Bolt Action, all units with FLAK trigger automatically, no matter what their dice status, including friendly units.  ‘Course I could easily be wrong.  Yeah, there’s very few actual K47 units with the FLAK capability, but that’s why you include Bolt Action units.  The…[Read more]

P131, Vehicles, introduction, second para, last two sentences – “Before looking at the role of vehicles in depth, we will…

Okay, thanks Stuart. Yep, “In all other respects the rules for vehicles and infantry are the same.” But in my book, this is on page 130  😉

Overall, that helps keep things simple and easy, and even though tanks don’t…[Read more]

If the vehicle rules don’t specify that something is…[Read more]

This might seem simple to answer, but please keep reading.

I only ask because 1) we have “Shooting at Vehicles” rules (p.137)* but no “Shooting at Infantry” rules, and 2) under “Roll to Hit” (p.83) the point-blank heading says “Also know…[Read more]

The pen modifiers from the vehicle rules (p138-139) only apply to heavy weapons firing against armoured targets.

Roll to Damage vs Armoured Targets, second para introduces them with “When shooting against armoured vehicles with a heavy weapon, …” and the third para reinforces that with “Remember, the additional modifiers below do not apply…[Read more]

But units in ambush (in bolt action) can use FLAG also. If i remember correct.

So it seems a bit “unclear” how it is handled in K47.

There are not…[Read more]