Attack bikes counting as two models for troops selection

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When a Captain is equipped with bike it says a squad of bikes with at least 5 models may be taken as troops. Does the attack bike count as two models? So three bikes and one attack bike form a unit to be taken as troops.

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Oh, i should probably mention that somewhere it says they count as 2 models when you are using combat squads.

[gwensdad]

When a Captain is equipped with bike it says a squad of bikes with at least 5 models may be taken as troops. Does the attack bike count as two models? So three bikes and one attack bike form a unit to be taken as troops.

At that point it's still 1 model, so you'd need 4 bikes+1 attack bike to be a troop.
But if you have 8 bikes + 1 attack bike they can be combat squaded in a way that kind of resembles it being 2 models. (4 bikes + 1 attack bike & 5 bikes)

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Thank you for your reply. Now its time to rub your answer in somebody's face! :)

[Brass Scorpion]

The rules for making Combat Squads from Bike Squads are clearly stated on page 68 of the Space Marine Codex. You might want to read that carefully yourself.

[Archon Charybdis]

His question wasn't as much about combat squads though, as whether or not the attack bike counted as 2 models for all other considerations of unit size.

[zenjah]

His question wasn't as much about combat squads though, as whether or not the attack bike counted as 2 models for all other considerations of unit size.

Agreed.

The real question was: Is 3 bikes + 1 attack bike a viable Troops choice if you have a Captain on Bike?

And the answer is: No, it does not have 5 models.

However, as gwensdad pointed out: 8 bikes + 1 attack bike can be combat squaded in such a way as to get a scoring unit of 3 bikes + 1 attack bike (with the other squad being 5 bikes.)

They aren't really the same. One would let you spam squads of 3+1 for Troops choices. The other requires a squad of 5 additional bikes for every scoring 3+1 squad.