Can I do this?

[Tyrsday]

Okay so I pulled something in a friendly game last night that was a little cheesy, but hilarious and we could no fault in its logic. My opponent had a Wave Serpent chilling near some Rangers holed up in a building. I combat moved a Rhino with a pack of Grey Hunters armed with a flamer and a meltagun up next to the Wave Serpent and shot it with both special weapons. Knowing full well that the flamer couldn't harm the vehicle I angled the template so that, while still hitting the hull of the Wave Serpent, blasted the squad of Rangers killing three of the five. I then proceeded to miss with the meltagun, but I just want to make sure that this strategy is legit. We could find nothing stating the contrary so we just laughed it off as a hilarious and devious plan.

[Lindargo]

Its absolutely legal! The rules say you can affect two units so why not?

[phoenyxx]

It depends on how you placed the flamer. The flamer template must be placed so as to cover the maximum amount of the vehicle as possible. Otherwise it's a perfectly legitimate maneuver.

Phoenyxx

[Tyrsday]

Alright, thanks. I did, that's why I only got 3 of them instead of the whole squad, but I just wanted to make sure I could.

[Chumbalaya]

You have to get the maximum number of models, so go nuts.

Did the same to a Hammerhead and its drones so I still counted as shooting the Hammerhead so I could charge it.

[PhoenixFlame]

Yup, I use this a lot on my hit-and-run daemon prince to take bites out of things like Tyrant Guard w/o having to assault into a full strength unit... massed gaunts can be used as cover in more than one way (applies elsewhere too of course, but I find I use it most against swarm armies)

[DarkLink]

One of my games, I pointed this out to my opponent, particularly that you can shoot models in CC doing this*. Later that game, he used it to fry half my Grey Knight squad locked in combat with Lysander. At least my Justicar singlehandedly killed Lysander in that assault phase.

*The only other way to shoot models in CC is a scattering blast template. Or a Vindicare assassin, too.

[ChrisW]

evil, devious, and adding more flamers to the mix as i type!

[Sam]

It depends on how you placed the flamer. The flamer template must be placed so as to cover the maximum amount of the vehicle as possible. Otherwise it's a perfectly legitimate maneuver.

Phoenyxx

You have to cover as many models in the target unit as possible. It never say that you have to cover the largest area of a single model as possible. If the tank is under the template at all, it is covered by the template.

Edit: I stand corrected, it does state that you must cover as much of the vehicle as possible.

[EmperorEternalXIX]

Isn't there a rule that says you can't flame through vehicles somewhere?