Re: PA availability, was: [semi OT] Women wargamers

Oerjan Ohlson wrote:
> 
> Tom Anderson wrote, on whether or not every soldier can have a PA
suit:
> :
> > in sp*** ma**** etc, the whole of the marines was armoured, even if
the
> guard (and > all other races) were not.
> 
> This is a very poor argument. The GW Space Marines are the equivalent
to
> John Atkinson's PA divisions - of *course* everyone of them has a PA
> suit. They wouldn't be PA troops if they didn't have PA suits, after
> all... However, the GW Marines make up a small fraction of a percent
of
> the Imperium's armed forces, so this example supports John, not you.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Oerjan Ohlson
> oerjan.ohlson@nacka.mail.telia.com
	In addition, remember the problems you are going to have with
repairing
and sustaining the suits.  Today, one of the arguements against
autoloaders in tanks is that three men cannot maintain an MBT in the
field.	Helicopters and Jet fighters actually spend more time on the
ground, maintained by crews of techs, then they do in combat.
	I see powered armor, at least for the very long haul as being a
"shock"
force, that is designed for very high tempo, short term operations.  In
fact, you could make a case for police getting PA before soldiers would
since a SWAT team is never far from support, and seldom is in action for
more then a few hours at a time.