Grenades vs Zooming Flyers

[Mystery.Shadow]

As silly as it sounds, is it possible for someone to hit a Zooming Flyer with a [Krak or Haywire] Grenade??

6th Edition says it can be a shooting attack (although with short range!). It could only be carried out as a Snap Shot, but why the heck not?!

Can anyone find where it would say otherwise?!


Can you see it now? Someone coming off their winning Blood Bowl season, throwing a Hail Mary at a Zoomer.... Into the air intake and Ka-Boom!!

[JMichael]

Good one! I didn't see anything under Grenades, Flyers, or Snap Shots that suggest a grenade cannot hit a Flyer.
So I says yes!

[plawolf]

What is the range on grenades?

[EnglishInquisition]

Grenades can be thrown 8"

[The AKH]

There are no range modifiers on shooting at Flyers, so that shouldn't be an issue.

[Kyban]

You still only get one grenade so odds aren't that great.

[ForsakenImp]

Also, you need to measure UP to the hull, so keep in mind you need to be right next to it to get range.

[Demonus]

yep if you are in range of the hull, you can throw 1 grenade. You need a 6 to hit unless you have Skyfire.

[TheGodOfNothing]

Blowing up a flyer with a krak grenade would be the most epic thing ever. I would either "bronze" that man as a statue and make him an objective or promote him.

[plawolf]

I think Assault marines and the like would benefit most from this little gem.

For normal infantry, they would loose a lot of distance as they would need to measure diagonally upwards to get to the hull of a flier on a flying base.

Assault marines could jump on top of a building that is about level with the flier and thus gain a few extra inches.

Not something you would plan on doing, but definitely worth a pop if the opportunity arrises.

[Xenith]

Something to remember next time my boys are standing next to a skyfire nexus...

[Spoont]

I did this. It was hilarious.