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TO&E for the major forces

From: Tom Pope <tpope@c...>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 17:06:36 -0400
Subject: TO&E for the major forces

I've decided to build a number of armies for Stargrunt using the new
Dirtside scale miniatures.  This satisfies the anal-retentive part of me
that likes the ground scale and figure scale to be about even, and it
will be a lot cheaper and quicker to paint.

Since I've got a lot more buying power now, I'd like to build a full
company for each major power (as infantry packs become available).  For
starters, I'm going to make NAC and NSL companies, with all the support
equipment and vehicles.

The Stargrunt rulebook contains a company level listing for the NAC
which is just perfect.	However, it only has platoon level listings for
the NSL and others.  

Are there any "official" lists for the other forces?  Failing that, has
anyone thought up any unofficial (but reasonable) ones?  I am interested
in reinforced infantry companies, since I am still nominally playing
Stargrunt.

On a related side note, does anyone have a list of what vehicles the
various armies use.  Some are detailed in the book but that list is
vague in places and very incomplete.

>From reading and browsing the web site, I've been able to deduce the
following:

--- NAC ---

Phalanx APC (used for PA troops and some infantry)
Paladin MBT
Hoplite APC
Hunter Tank Killer
Striker MRL Artillery
Merlin Command Vehicle (no miniature, but looks like a Hoplite)
The Stargrunt book states that they use "a proportion of grav combat 
  vehicles" for their first-line strike force.	But which ones?  

--- NSL ---

Gauntlet GEV MICV (could someone confirm this?)
I'd imagine since they're into the "fast movement" most of their force 
  would be GEV based.  The 25mm vehicle line (and soon the 6mm line) has

  lots of GEV vehicles, from MBT's to artillery to transport.  Do they 
  have any grav vehicles in the front line units, or is it all GEV?
  The All-GEV theory is supported by the Geo-Hex web site.  Most of the 
  GEV vehicles are painted in NSL colors.

--- FSE ---

Wombat Hover APC
It looks like they are into the GEV thing as well, from pictures on the 
  web-site.

--- ESU ---

Seems like they use a mix of vehicles.	Possibly the wheeled APC's M37 
  and M38D as well as some other "lower tech" wheeled vehicles.  

--- All ---

The AV5, AV6 and AV9 seem to be used by all nations.  Whie the NSL and 
  FSE probably uses most of the GEV trucks, I imagine the NAC, ESU and 
  other use the wheeled versions mostly.

Well, that's what I've come up with so far.  

Tom

--
Thomas Pope
Human Computer Interaction Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~tpope


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