Offensive Use of Grenades

[Fatespinner]

When an infantry unit opts to use their grenades in the shooting phase, does each model in the unit equipped with grenades throw one grenade just like they would if they were firing their weapons?  Because, in the case of frag grenades, that means potentially dozens of blast templates getting tossed out, even if it is only 8" range.  It also seems like this could be a death sentence against the rear armor of walkers since it's a shooting attack with krak grenades.

 

My friends and I are under the impression that the squad as a whole can choose to throw a single grenade in place of their normal shooting attacks rather than innundating the enemy in blast markers and S6 attacks.  I'd really just like to know which is true.

[Kristoff]

Depends on the grenade. Most in the rulebook stipulate that only one model can throw them when Shooting, including Assault Grenades.

[Fatespinner]

I'm mostly concerned about the Imperial standard frag & krak grenades, and it sounds like my friends and I have it right by your statement.  Thanks!

[Kristoff]

Keep in mind that throwing a grenade only prevents one model in a unit from shooting its other weapons.

[Thaelion Hexis]

As per pages 180-181 of the rulebook, When a unit armed with [insert grenade] makes a shooting attack, one model can choose to throw a grenade, rather than using another shooting weapon

 

That's typically for each one, although in the future there may be faction specific grenades that deviate from this. General rule of thumb, just use the rules for each grenade type