Stuart Harrison

See p151, Vehicles, Vehicle Special Rules, Turret Rear-Mounted Machine Gun.  The rear mounted mg can only fire into the opposite arc that the main/co-ax fires into.  This is the general rule, there are a few vehicles that combine turret rear mounted mgs and one man turret rules, in those cases it’s either the front weapon or the rear weapon (eg: J…[Read more]

In the other cases, it’s described as a turret mounted HMG with coaxial MMG or turret mounted light automatic cannon with coaxial MMG – they would have to errata out the coaxial bit for it to apply as coaxial weapons don’t get to fire with the main weapon, it’s either/or.  If they changed that for the British, they’d need to change it for every…[Read more]

1. Yes, unless inexperienced.  The ability to use a spotter is tied to being a regular or veteran indirect fire weapon.  A multiple launcher uses indirect fire, it just doesn’t benefit from ranging in.

2. No.  Indirect fire weapons can’t be fired by units that were in Ambush that turn – p100, Wepaons, Weapon Special Rules, Indirect Fire, 8th paragraph.

You appear to be making a common mistake about Bolt Action’s interpretation of direct vs indirect fire.

Common perception – direct fire = with LOS, indirect = via spotter/other crew members.  Bolt Action apparent interpretation – direct fire = through a scope/sight laid on the target, indirect = range and bearing used to land a round on a…[Read more]

They don’t have special rules in V3, just field them as regular or veteran British sections.

“Choose which model becomes the loader – you can pick any model in the squad, and you must mark this model clearly, so that both you and your opponent can easily recognise it.”

Your loader is a once off choice – you can’t change it during the game or replace it if you remove him as a casualty.

From the FAQ:

“Page 147 “The special abilities of officers and other HQ units
mounted on transports work as normal, as long as they are being
transported in soft-skinned or open-topped armoured transports.” Does
this mean that an observer in an open-topped or soft-skinned transport
can call air strikes and artillery barrages?

No, they cannot do…[Read more]

In the MRB list, the veteran premium is only applied to the base anti tank rifle team cost with the panzershrek as a fixed price upgrade.  In AoG, the veteran premium is applied to the regular panzershrek team as a whole.  It’s a function of the unit pricing system throughout Bolt Action.  Opinion – all options should have pricing by experience le…[Read more]

Nothing stops you taking a spotter with an inexperienced unit, that doesn’t change the fact that only regular and veteran units can use them for line of sight.

20th June 2025

The token is a model or marker and is placed 18″ from the target in any direction (it even makes reference to using a single agreed point on the model/marker for measurement at the end of the paragraph your quote is taken from).

Multiple HE hits only yield a single set of pins, see p100, Weapons, HE (High Explosive), Multiple HE Hits, second para.  The pins from HE (or other multiple pin weapons) replace the standard single pin for scoring hits on a target unit, they’re not in addition.

“I then fire the hmgs at the same target, hit and roll to wound” shows a…[Read more]

Most likely they will re-appear in the Commonwealth book, when it comes out…

“For the first time, Italy and France will have their own standalone books, bringing them firmly to the table as ‘major’ Bolt Action factions, and the Commonwealth will join the stable, not as an appendix to the Armies of Great Britain, but as its own unique book…[Read more]

Steering compromised or engine damaged would both be a second immobilised result, so destroyed (no pivots to reduce and no speed to reduce – the interaction between these rules and the immobilised rule should be tightened up).  Turret jam would depend on whether the vehicle currently has a valid working turret to absorb the result.

The second…[Read more]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandenburgers

@ Wolfy, units in buildings are eligible targets, as are empty buildings.  Note that only one rocket can hit each building (p157, Buildings, Shooting Against Units in Buildings, Indirect Fire Weapons Against Buildings, last para).

Second edition “If a vehicle listed as a transport/tow picks a weapon option that means the transport loses it’s transport/towing ability, it no longer counts as a transport/tow for the purposes of force selection, but …” – the criteria is being a transport or tow that takes a weapon option that removes it’s transport capacity, and the…[Read more]

“First obvious one, German halftracks with the rear-mg option taken would lose transport capacity, but are portrayed in the rulebook as transporting. Is the error here just with the pictures and expectation? Well, probably no because…”

You’ve misread the rule (at least in part due to an editing cock-up between editions replacing a comma with a f…[Read more]

According to AoUS (p78), the reconnaissance jeep doesn’t have an upgrade option, just the MMG.  The airborne armoured jeep comes with HMG as standard.

Same effect as last time, just this time the author forgot to change the wording for the reason when cutting and pasting from the M3 Stuart entry.  AoUS first edition wording for the M24 ‘Vulnerable’ rule was “Vulnerable: because of it’s light armour, all shots to the side and rear of the vehicle get an additional +1 penetration modifier (ie, in…[Read more]