The Legend
Mongoose
cordas said:The Legend said:Well If you are targeting the whole unit i.e the whole unit is inthe FZ then yeah. but if you're only hitting a few models at the back then you've got to take into account the LOS through these figures.
I was asking about models in the FZ, if there are models between the shooting unit and the FZ then they obscure or block LOS, my question has always been about do models inside the FZ do this for models behind them. I have always argued (and my examples have stated) that models inside the FZ can't provide obscurement or block line of sight.
As a proviso on that I would say larger models can, but that should be at the players discretion. It makes comon sense that a tank or tanker bug will block LOS to models hidding behind it, as they will block that unit from firing in return (different unit so can't be shot through).
This is down to being sensible. A tank will obviously block LOS to infantry stood behind it any infantry outside the FZ between the Firer and the target will also block or obscure LOS. Easy really. As I was explaining on Monday:
e.g. a unit of 8 infantry stand infront of a Light vehicle (say a shadow). The Firing unit will position a FZ on the Shadow and get 3 infantry in the fire zone. This is legal as the LOS to the Shadow isn't blocked, it's a larger size than the infantry so gains +1 obscurement to it's target as there are also some infantry (5) outside the FZ. The infantry inside the FZ also gain obscurement for the same reason.
Thats the way I've read these rules as working.