Re: Another TD idea

In a message dated 9/7/1998 9:36:56 AM Central Daylight Time,
jatkins6@ix.netcom.com writes:

<< 
 Remember the only reason they existed was in order to stuff guns that 
 could kill any tank on the battlefield at long range into an affordable

 hull. (ie not as big as a Tiger or JSII)  Once 90/100mm guns became 
 managable enough to stuff into a tank turret, then it became a 
 non-issue.  I can stuff an MDC/4 into a size 3 turreted chassis at an 
 affordable cost, so why do I need a tank destroyer?
 
 John M. Atkinson >>

Indeed, with the way DS2 rules are written, it doesn't make sense to
bother
with casemate guns.  However, if one were to remove the "recommendation"
to
limit weapon size to vehicle size+1, you could squeeze a hull-mounted
MDC/4
into a size 2 vehicle, thus restoring the viability of non-turreted tank
destroyer concept. In my view, that's the simplest way of doing it.  The
only
question is whether the weapon size limitation should still apply to
turret-
mounted guns.

Mike Jasinski