Re: Vulnerability of tanks, aircraft to lower TL attacks

You wrote: 

>I suppose. I concede that modern aircraft are probably pretty close to
>invulnerable to attack from infantry that's too much below TL. Afghan
>guerilla's only managed to harm Soviet aircraft when they started
>gettingthe CIA supplied Stingers. Comperable TL I should think. But 

Uh. . . The Afghans were plinking Hinds with captured Strelas long 
before the CIA got into the act.  The problem was they didn't have 
Strelas in *quantity* since you have to fire a couple off to get good 
odds of getting a hit.	

>As for tanks, look at the extreme. What would a Roman legion do to 
stop >an M1? Consider it a one-on-one duel. Well, I imagine the tank 

Burn the fuel truck.

>the thing we want to think about. Then shift it a few TL--both sides. 
Now >you've got grav tanks and WW2 infantry, say. 

Freak shot into the turret ring with a Panzerfaust.  But a 17lbr gun 
with APDS can ruin someone's day through the rear. . . 

Note:  You might have lower-tech weapons with rounds of High-tech ammo. 
While it might not be profitable or feasable to import grav tanks in 
quantity, it might well be feasable to import higher-tech ammo.  i.e. 
that 17lbr gun might be firing APFSDSSD (the last two indicating 
Super-dense, insert SFional weapon material of your choice here).

John M. Atkinson