Re: [SG] Firing & actions

adrian.johnson@sympatico.ca wrote:

> >You CAN do it according to the rules. Support weapons maybe fired
> >separately, you just don't get the firepower die from the rifles. It
> >does state this explicetly. If I had my book on hand I'd look it up.
> 
> Oh, I wasn't saying that you can't fire support weapons separately.
> 
> I was saying that you can fire *one* support weapon separately.  If
you
> want to fire two support weapons, they have to be firing together with
the
> rifles of a squad, and you use their support die but the squad's
quality,
> rifle impact, etc.

Ah ok. :)

> Fair enough.	Volley fire against heavy armour I can understand.  But
those
> weapons are issued as anti-ARMOUR weapons.  They give the rifle squad
it's
> anti-big-tough-things punch.	The example given in the original post
was
> about a squad volleying IAVRs at another infantry squad because they
were
> in cover and rifle/SAW fire missed.
>
> I don't buy it.  I think that's cheesy gaming.

If I had a bunch of infantry in hard cover and I couldn't get any good
shot off with regular rifle fire I think a shot with a rocket to try and
punch them out of cover would be an acceptable use.