(09-01-2013, 05:20 AM)enrique Wrote: 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.
Thanks Enrique, I'll go with that. The Italian 102mm naval gun portee' unit's life expectancy has just gone up as long as I can keep firing and moving with it against the Valentine tanks. They are some odd units but if you can get one kill with one before they are in turn eliminated then they have served they have served their purpose. In this case it has already taken out a platoon of tanks.
