POMS rules check

[Lord of Death]

if i fire the assault cannon on a landraider at a tank, POMS allows me to fire one more weapon than normally permitted at another target, so can I fire the assault cannon at another target ?I Have checked the codex with some friends doesn`t say you can`t.

[Meatman]

I'm pretty sure you cannot fire the same weapon twice, so that one more weapon will have to be something different. But yes, that one other weapon can shoot a different target.

[Lord of Death]

Indeed you canot normally fire any weapon twice but once more than normally permitted means once more if i want is this not the case

[Dan VK]

A Land Raider can fire one more weapon than would normally be permitted. Codex: Space Marines, page 81

 

Assuming we are discussing C:SM and/or C:BA, PotMS allows a vehicle to fire one more weapon than it otherwise could, but does not say that it allows a weapon to be fired twice, which is explicitly forbidden in the BRB.

[Grey Mage]

There is a significant difference between firing an additional weapon, and firing a weapon an additional time.

 

To put it in another context- theres a big difference between being able to drive a car twice as far, and being able to make two trips- namely, getting back home.

[Lynnean]

it is meant to be one more/additional weapon, not firing one twice

[thade]

Just more fuel to the fire: can't fire a single weapon twice in a Shooting phase, and POTMS doesn't say otherwise. It does allow you to fire one more weapon, though. Just not the same one. =)

[Lord of Death]

it says can fire one more than normally permitted. if you can only fire it once witch i know and it does say one more than permitted because it doesnt say apart from the same weapon it is a loop hole however is a legal thing to do.

[Dan VK]

it says can fire one more than normally permitted. if you can only fire it once witch i know and it does say one more than permitted because it doesnt say apart from the same weapon it is a loop hole however is a legal thing to do.

:P

 

PotMS states the vehicle can fire one more weapon than would normally be permitted. It does not state the vehicle "can fire a weapon one more time than would normally be permitted." It says the Land Raider can fire one more weapon, not that a weapon can fire once more.

[JamesI]

Dan has it right.

[shatter]

You're being blind to the line that read "subject to normal shooting rules." Stop doing that and the rules work fine.

 

Otherwise, the LR could be shooting when off the table, in different player turns, phases, across the room and onto another player's game.. blahblahblah... but as the PotMS rule says it's subject to normal shooting rules, it can't do these things, including firing the same weapon twice which is most definitely stated as a no.

 

Subject to something means the something is the boss. Like an Emperor and His subjects. If you ignore this, you'll lose your head.

[Techmarine Data007]

Considering that there is the Stormlord, I think, with a special rule that allows it to fire a weapon twice, I would say that POTMS would have to say specifically. As it only says you get to fire one more weapon, I'm on the side of no.