Attackbike clarification

[Alpha003]

Was looking for rule clarfication on running a single attackbike.

 

1 If hit by a lascannon shot and wounds, I know it's a single model but has 2 figs, does instant death still apply and remove the model?

2 If hit by Bolter and causes one wound which is removed driver or gunner, if gunner is killed can the driver still steer & shoot multimelta or does he have to shoot TW Bolters?(was a game issue)FOC description is vague.

3 If hit by bolter and gunner is killed, and driver is in HTH does he still get 2 attacks or does it drop to 1A since gunner is dead?

 

Thanks in advace for feedback. And great gaming to all!!!!!

[ShinyRhino]

1. Instant Death applies. The whole model is removed as a casualty.

 

2. Neither is removed. The model takes one wound, and has one remaining.

 

3. See #2. The profile of the model is not affected by taking wounds. It functions at full capacity until both wounds are taken. When that happens, the whole model is removed.

[OwlandMoonGuy]

Hello Alpha003 and welcome to the B&C:

 

Sounds like you’re getting very granular in your relationships between the physical model & the corresponding rules. Since there are 2 marines on an attack bike it would go to figure that each one corresponds to a single wound. Thankfully, 40K does not require you to keep track of things on that level of detail. The 2 wounds can as easily be viewed as the larger bike frame + additional armor plating along with the marine operators.

 

So as stated above; an attack bike is a single model that has 2 wounds. It operates at full capacity for both shooting and attacks until all wounds are removed. At this point, the entire model is removed as a causality.

 

Make sense? It really only does so from a 40K perspective but do you get it anyway?

 

Cheers, -OMG

[Alpha003]

Shiny rhino and OMG thanks for the quick response, def makes sense from the gaming aspect and not in the literal sense.