Turretless rules

[Chris Zahnzinger]

Hi all,

Maybe I missed it but the turretless rules stat e “A Turretless vehicle that is classed as Hull Down may still fire its main gun.”  I couldn’t find anywhere that prevented a turreted hull down vehicle from firing its main gun.  Any ideas or did I simply skip a rule?

[SteveT]

I think this might be the wrong forum. Sounds like Achtung Panzer or something?

 

[Dan]

You are correct, it’s in one of the North Africa books for the desert warfare.

[Stuart Harrison]

Sounds like a variation of the Hull Down rules from Western Desert, p161-162.

If the vehicle has a turret, only turret mounted weapons can fire.  If turretless, you may choose one weapon to fire.

I haven’t bought into Achtung Panzer so can’t comment if it’s from there.  Another possibility would be a rule we haven’t seen yet from V3 – where did you see this ‘turretless’ rule?

 

[SteveT]

Oh yeah there is something in Campaign: The Western Desert in the section DESERT COMBAT SPECIAL RULES.

The following rules apply to a hull down vehicle:

• There is a -2 modifier to all shots against the vehicle from the front arc, including indirect fire. • If a vehicle has a turret, then only turret-mounted weapons may fire.
• A turretless vehicle may choose one weapon that can fire.
• Pintle-mounted weapons may always fire.
• Only weapons that can be fired from a hull down position may react to an assault.

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