Tank Riders

[Blackcloud6]

A friend and I are playing a scenario from Panzer Lion that has Soviet tank riders.  A T-34 with a riding SMG unit move into a hex and is fired on by an HMG result in a M check.  The SMG is morale 7 and in an adjacent hex is a T-34 with a Commie leader with a morale modifier of 1.  The MC result in an 8.  Does the affect SMG get the morale of the adjacent leader who is also riding?  I can find nothing I the rules or Panzer Lion special rules that address this so i would think that since the leader is adjacent it affects the MC normally.