WP critical on gun

[Craig Benn]

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....

 

[PresterJohn]

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.

 

[Craig Benn]

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

 

[Doug Leslie]

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.

 

[ibncalb]

WP CH does not destroy a gun.

 

[ScottRomanowski]

@ibncalb is citing Klas's v33 compilation.