Type 4 Ho-Ro
Japan, Assault Gun Vehicle, 1944
ATT inf 9/9/7
ATT veh 8/7/6
Cost 16.00
Def 4/2
Speed 3
Enhanced Range 16
This unit’s long range is 5-16 hexes.
Fixed Howitzer
This unit can attack only units in front of it.
Indirect Fire
If a friendly Spotter is within eight hexes of an enemy Soldier and has line of sight to it, this unit’s attack against that Soldier ignores line of sight.
Blast
When this unit attacks, make a separate attack roll against each unit in the target hex. (This includes friendly units, but not Aircraft.)
Bombardment
This unit's attacks ignore cover. This unit can't attack Aircraft.
Open-exposed Crew
Enemy units can use their anti-soldier attack values when attacking this unit.
Set Counter Offensive, 42/50 r
Special Abilities Errata & FAQ
Fixed Howitzer
This unit can attack only units in front of it.
(See Fixed Gun for Q&A)
Indirect Fire
If a friendly Spotter is within eight hexes of an enemy Soldier and has line of sight to it, this unit’s attack against that Soldier ignores line of sight.
Q: Does Indirect Fire hit the front or rear defense when attacking a target? What if a spotter is looking at a target's rear, but the unit with Indirect Fire is in the front arc?
A: Whether you hit the front or rear of a target depends on the facing of the target to the unit with the Indirect Fire SA. A spotter doesn't change this. It only allows that unit to ignore line of sight.
Blast
When this unit attacks, make a separate attack roll against each unit in the target hex. (This includes friendly units, but not Aircraft.)
Note: As of booster set nine, there are eight units that have the Blast SA; the Germans have the SIG 33, Nebelwerfer 41, Sturmpanzer IV “Brummbar” and the Hummel, the US have the M12
GMC, the British have the Churchill AVRE and the Soviets have the BM-13 Katyusha Rocket Launcher and SU-122. All of these units also have the Bombardment SA.
Q: A rifleman is sharing the same hex with a Fanatical/Expert/Imperial Sniper. A Brummbar tank is four hexes away and decides to target the rifleman. Does the sniper take damage from the Blast targeted at the rifleman located in the same hex?
A: Yes. The Blast gets the sniper too.
Q: Assume a tank with the Blast special ability is firing at a vehicle with a Soldier riding along as a passenger. The Blast effect requires attacks against all units in the hex, even friendly units. Is a separate attack made against the passenger, in addition to the vehicle?
A: Yes. Blast affects every unit in the hex, including passengers aboard a Transport. The Soldier would be the target of a separate attack roll.
Q: Does Blast affect Aircraft?
A: No. You can't attack an Aircraft with the Blast ability and you also can't make a separate attack as one of the Blast ability's separate attacks.
Q: An enemy Soldier is in the same hex as my tank with the Blast SA. If I decide to attack that Soldier, does the tank have to roll an attack against itself being that Blast affects every unit in the targeted hex?
A: Yes.
Bombardment
This unit's attacks ignore cover. This unit can't attack Aircraft.
Q: The German Wespe, US M4A3 (105) Sherman, US M7 105mm Priest and the Soviet SU-152 have the Bombardment special ability, which allows them to ignore cover. What happens if any of these tanks attacks a unit with the superior camouflage special ability? Could this unit be bombarded at medium and long ranges?
A: Bombardment attacks ignore cover, but superior camouflage prevents the attack from happening in the first place. (Note: There are eight other AAM units that have both the Bombardment and
Blast special abilities. Those units could target the unit in the above example if there was another unit in the same hex. See the Blast SA for more details.)
Q: Can units with the Bombardment SA use it to attack Aircraft?
A: No. According to the 11/12/09 clarification, both of these units' Bombardment SA should include "This unit can't attack Aircraft."
Open-exposed Crew
Enemy units can use their anti-soldier attack values when attacking this unit.
Waiting for official errata.