A rule that came up in one my games during the EEC-tournament was the crossifre rule. I was shooting at a swarm within some buildings. I had another formationon the opposit side of the buildings. That formation was within 45 cm from my shooters but beeing on two sides of said buildings couldn't see each other.

My opponent then said I couldn't claim crossfire because my two formations couldn't draw a line of fire to each other. I looked up the rule and showed it to him. I can't see any such requirement in the rule and he couldn't either so I was alowed the use the crossfire bonus.

Was that the right interpretation or did we miss something? I have quoted the rule below (highlighted the most relevant parts). It only says I have to draw a straight line between my formations, but nothing about the shooting and friendly formation having to actually see each other. Line of fire is only mentioned ones in the rule but that is in regard to the enemy formation being shot at.



There's nothing in the FAQ (tournament pack 2013-08-07) mentioning the requirement of line of fire either when I checked.

You played it right.

There is no requirement for either of the cross-firing formations to be able to see eachother.
Both formations must have Line of Fire (LoS) to the target formation and be within 45cm of each other (with the 45cm line crossing through any part of the target formation).

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Agreed Onyx. To *shoot* at a target you need to have LoS. However, Crossfire simulates the heightened concern experienced by a target being surrounded by enemy formations, so the formations just need to be in the correct position either side of the target without needing to have LoS between the two formations.

Indeed the rule goes on to state that Range (and thus LoS) to the target is *not* a requirement for the other formation.

Yeah I realised that as well after reading through the rules. So my bad I think!
The mentioned occasion above was from another game.

Edit: thanks for your answers Onyx and Ginger. Good to know I wasn't cheating.

I believe your last sentence is an error there Ginger "(and thus LoS)".
Both formations MUST have a LoS to the target formationfor a Cross fire to be claimed.
The mention of range is in no way connected to the LoS.

Example: A formation armed with only 15cm weapons could still be used to create a Crossfire situation if it was 16cm from the target formation. Range is only imporatnt from the actual attacking formation.

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Ha, I am not sure that both formations need LoS Onyx. The situation I was thinking of was where the second unit had some blocking terrain between it and the target (eg >10cm of woods), which could leave it in a position to assault even if it cannot shoot.

As far as I am aware, the point of Crossfire is that the target is distracted between the two potential attacking formations, not whether the other formation can shoot or even see the target.

Read the text in blue above Ginger, it clearly shows the unit you are drawing crossfire to needs LOS to the target

Ginger, you are trying to make this far more complicated than it is.
The rule is very clear.
Nothing more to say really.

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Ok, thanks for the clarification guys - I stand corrected about the LoS point
Does this need stating more clearly in a FAQ?