(10-29-2015, 02:10 AM)plloyd1010 Wrote: The answer to both questions is yes. I always thought that APCs have been the unrecognized step child of the game. Apart from 4.3 and 16.23, they don't seem to be seriously considered. As such we fell back on the guideline that if a leader can activate it, influence modifiers also apply.
As a corollary, this principle would seem to apply in 4th edition to regular leaders activating SPA's. Thus, a regular leader could add his morale bonus to SPA's and (presumably) also combine fire for SPA's and/or regular artillery units (in an adjacent hex(es)) should the leader have a combat bonus.