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I have a hard time understanding the rules concerning heavy weapons.

a) Does mortars and howitzers inflict direct damage (HE-ammunition)?
b) If so, does all potential targets in a hex suffer the same damage, or is it a single target that is hit?
c) Is the armor modifier used both for the direct damage and the explosion?

I have a hard time understanding the rules concerning heavy weapons.

a) Does mortars and howitzers inflict direct damage (HE-ammunition)?
b) If so, does all potential targets in a hex suffer the same damage, or is it a single target that is hit?
c) Is the armor modifier used both for the direct damage and the explosion?

a) Yes, HE grenades does (the grenade must hit something)
b) Only the target suffer direct damage, everything else suffer blast damage. There is penalty of -2 if you try to aim a heavy weapon against an individual, but if you do and if you hit, it will probably hurt and if he survives the direct damage from the grenade landing in his head, he still has the blast damage. Probably better to just aim for the hex, building or vehicle (large targets) instead, sure no one will be hit by the incoming grenade directly but you don't have any penalty either. The blast is probably good enough.
c) Armor always helps (unless the rules specify otherwise).

Thank you.