Anti-Aircraft gun in the Anti-tank Roll

[Ian]

If an described Anti-aircraft gun is firing at an armoured vehicle does it get the +1 anti-tank bonus (page 96 Main rule book) to hit??

I have looked at the FAQ and the answer is not 100% clear

If a gun is “firing as another type of gun”, it uses the rules of
the other type of gun for as long as it’s using that fire mode.
For example, the Zis-3 could use the firing indirectly rule if
firing as a howitzer, or the +1 to hit if firing as an AT gun,
but not both at the same time.

[Stuart Harrison]

The bonus is for anti-tank guns (from light to super-heavy).  That covers four lines of the weapons chart, light anti-tank gun through to super-heavy anti-tank gun.

When a gun with the versatile rule fires, it nominates one of it’s profiles, if it’s firing using it’s anti-tank gun profile it benefits from the anti-tank gun bonus – this is what’s being clarified in that FAQ response.

The anti aircraft gun is not firing as an anti-tank gun, it is firing as an automatic cannon, totally separate lines of the weapons chart.  The fact that it’s target is a vehicle changes nothing, it’s still firing as an automatic cannon, not as an anti-tank gun.

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