WP critical on gun

Craig Benn

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Sherman main armament fires WP at a gun and rolls snakeyes for a critical hit.

Is this a direct hit destroying gun and crew, or simply a 2MC for reversed emplacement TEM?

Played it as the 2MC but wasn't sure....
 

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From A24.31, second last sentence:
However, if a CH (or Air Burst when using Indirect Fire) is obtained with WP, TEM are applied to the NMC as positive DRM instead.
 

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Yeah I got that bit - the question is does a critical hit on a gun override that?
 

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I think that you played it correctly, certainly from a common sense point of view. For a rules justification, I would rely on the opening sentence of C3.7:

A CH is a hit so well placed that it increases the chance of causing damage on the resulting IFT Effects or TK DR.

A CH by a WP placement doesn't involve an IFT effects or TK DR; it just makes the crew less likely to pass its morale check.
 
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