bmcsw007 Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 I understand the difference between an assault weapon and a heavy weapon, but I do not understand the numbers that go with them. I might just be missing something easy, but I just don't get it. Can someone break it down for me? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240751-assault-1-heavy-1-question/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legatus Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 It's the number of shots. Meltagun: "Assault 1" --> one shot per turn. One die rolled to hit. Heavy Bolter: "Heavy 3" --> three shots per turn. Three dice rolled to hit. See Rulebook page 27, second paragraph under "Type". Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240751-assault-1-heavy-1-question/#findComment-2906946 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmcsw007 Posted October 23, 2011 Author Share Posted October 23, 2011 Yea, I was just missing it. After reading and comparing with weapons I understand now. I think my scout's heavy bolter was confusing me because it has hellfire rounds which are heavy 1/blast, while normal heavy bolters are heavy 4. So with that, my scout would only get 1 shot using a template? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240751-assault-1-heavy-1-question/#findComment-2906950 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arikel Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Yep...using hellfire shells, they get one shot, using regular shells they have the standard 3 shots from the heavy bolter profile Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240751-assault-1-heavy-1-question/#findComment-2906986 Share on other sites More sharing options...
greatcrusade08 Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 there is a minority who believe the scouts heavy bolter can ONLY fire hellfire templates, but for the most part people are happy for them to be fired as normal too Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240751-assault-1-heavy-1-question/#findComment-2907075 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmcsw007 Posted October 23, 2011 Author Share Posted October 23, 2011 But how could I justify shooting normal rounds? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240751-assault-1-heavy-1-question/#findComment-2907086 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmcsw007 Posted October 23, 2011 Author Share Posted October 23, 2011 Never mind. I did my homework. Page 66 in the codex under scout squad says a Scout squad CAN fire a single hellfire shell ...... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/240751-assault-1-heavy-1-question/#findComment-2907090 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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