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Are Guns carried as Passenger PP and capable of firing while loaded considered to be MA by default, or must a Gun be designated as the MA on a vehicle listing?
For example, the OQF 2-pounder (40L) on the 2pdr Portee TDtr (British Vehicle Note 77) is listed as the vehicle's MA.
Is a OQF 6-pounder (57L) carried as Passenger PP on a 3-ton lorry, for instance, considered a MA? If not, does the vehicle suffer Recall if the 57L is Disabled?
For example, the OQF 2-pounder (40L) on the 2pdr Portee TDtr (British Vehicle Note 77) is listed as the vehicle's MA.
Is a OQF 6-pounder (57L) carried as Passenger PP on a 3-ton lorry, for instance, considered a MA? If not, does the vehicle suffer Recall if the 57L is Disabled?
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MA (Main Armament: the main weapon on a vehicle and usually the only vehicular weapon which can have a Multiple ROF. The Vehicle Listings cite each vehicle's specific MA as does the counter display.
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En Portee: (a gun carried as Passenger PP) C10.5.
British Ordnance Note 6.
OQF 6-Pounder: ...Prior to the invasion of Italy in 1943, 6pdrs were carried en portee;
British Multi-Applicable Ordnance Note B
In a scenario set between 1941 and 8/43 inclusive, this Gun may be carried en portee, which means it may be loaded onto a vehicle (during setup/play) and carried as Passenger PP. As a Passenger, the Gun and its ammo together use all but 5PP of the vehicle's Passenger capacity. The 25LL AT may be porteed only by a 15-cwt truck, the 40L AT only by a 30-cwt lorry, and the 57L AT or 75 ART only by a 3-ton lorry. And the vehicle must be one that, prior to setup, was noted on a side record as being able to portee a Gun of that particular Caliber Size (C2.21) and Barrel Length (C4.1).
The principles of (un)loading a Gun to/from portee status are the same as for the 2pdr Portee in British Vehicle Note 77, except that here the Gun crew (un)loads as a Passenger rather than as an Inherent Crew, and a QSU Gun is not (unloaded limbered. When a Gun has been thusly loaded, it is marked with an En Portee counter. A vehicle porteeing a Gun is not flipped over to its Wreck side if it becomes Immobilized, and the Gun may be unloaded (at which time the vehicle counter is then flipped over). If a vehicle porteeing a Gun is eliminated, the Gun is eliminated too. A vehicle may not simultaneously have one Gun en portee and another hooked up for towing. An AT (with a gunshield) being porteed can provide gunshield benefits to its Passenger crew in the same way the 2pdr Portee MA does to its Inherent crew.
...The 57L AT (only) may be fired by its Passenger crew while being porteed [EXC: it may not use Bounding (First) Fire]. When loaded on the vehicle, its CA must coincide with either the VCA or "rear" VCA, and may not change relative to that VCA while being porteed.