I was messing around with my tanks when i noticed my DF tank has a 2 inc minumum range. if another unit was directly in front of it it would be outside the 2 inch minumum but it would be in base. how does this work?

You can still shoot at it.

It depends on the type of unit. Look at it this way:

Infantry have circle bases, with a radius (distance from center dot to edge) of about .5"

Vehicles are a bit harder, with a "radius" of about 1.5" at their longest on the front and bacl, and about .5" on the sides

'Mechs are back to basics, with a general radius of 1"

Just do the math: if a 'Mech or Infantry unit is on the side of your tank, then you won't be able to shoot it. However, if a vehicle's nose is facing at a right angle to you on the side, you'll be fine. In this case, you will be able to shoot anything on your front or back (assuming a 360* arc!). Out of interest, what tank are you talking about???

-Coop

ok I thought that I found some ware that base contact means you can't shoot if you have a minumum range.

You can only not fire if the unit basing you is under your minimum range.

So if a vehicle or mech is basing your Df DI shcmitt at the front or rear, and outside the 2"minimum you may fire upon it. This is one of the reasons you move your DF Di schmitt w/ 4 infantry (2 on each side) so that when you are based in front or rear you may fire away.

something else that is interesting, say a mech has a 2" min. and is in base contact with another mech. can he range attack it?
IMO- According to the rules, the order is allowed because the target is exactly 2" a unit cannot fire if it is less then the min range. being equal to, is greater than, less then. LOL

If you have a mech w/ 2 inch minimum it may attack a mech that is in base to base w/ ranged combat (1" from center dot on each makes 2") where this gets tricky is when you have infantry or vehicles that have based you, you may not be able to range attack them if they have based you correctly.