Portee' Units

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Special Rule 8 of "Desert Rats" says: "These units (à la portée) move like trucks and fire like AT guns. They do not limber and unlimber. They are treated as a truck for combat and movement purposes".
In my opinion the truck is not carrying the gun under rule 5.62 ("Transporting Weapons"). It is a special case and the truck is considered "empty".
Combat modifiers:
AT fire: armor value -1 (rule 11.11)
Direct and bombardment fire: no column modifiers.