Artillery strike indirect fire

[daveman006 0]

So just to clarify if for example an Observer squad called for an artillery strike and the Steel Rain fires indirectly with some rockets.  Now if there was an enemy in LOS to the Steel Rain it can shoot the Mortar and the machine gun if in range right?  Or the Lothar can shoot its Machine gun after an indirect shot?

 

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Thats what it says on the last line of page 5 Operation Cyclone.

[The Weary Warrior 0]

daveman006 said:

So just to clarify if for example an Observer squad called for an artillery strike and the Steel Rain fires indirectly with some rockets.  Now if there was an enemy in LOS to the Steel Rain it can shoot the Mortar and the machine gun if in range right?  Or the Lothar can shoot its Machine gun after an indirect shot?

 

 

Yes. 

To be technical that lothar would be firing his MG at the same time as his indirect fire.

 

I believe the Steel Rain could also fire the Mortar indirectly also. Difference is it's small range. Rules seem to hint at it, since it states it can shoot a arcing shot like Artillery but within a fixed range. Yet the rules also state only A can fire indirect. Confusing.....

[daveman006 0]

Yeah I think the Mortar is only a direct shot because it is NOT an artillery weapon.  I was asking this because in the book for indirect fire says the artillery will immediately deactivate after doing the indirect shot but on the early page it says that it can fire other weapons as well.  If you deactivate immediately after the artillery round then you wont shoot your other weapons.  I am confusing myself sorry.

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daveman006 said:

Yeah I think the Mortar is only a direct shot because it is NOT an artillery weapon.  I was asking this because in the book for indirect fire says the artillery will immediately deactivate after doing the indirect shot but on the early page it says that it can fire other weapons as well.  If you deactivate immediately after the artillery round then you wont shoot your other weapons.  I am confusing myself sorry.

I believe the other weapons can fire, because you fire them all at the same time. I too saw that, but the recap says you can. So I will. I believe the reason it states it deactivates after indirect fire, is because it uses both actions for the turn. But, you will still be able to use all your weapons if you have the range and or the LOS.