Re: GEV capabilities

On 16 Nov 98, at 10:14, Adrian Johnson wrote:

> Q:  if a Ground Effect (hovercraft) tank fires it's main gun, won't it
be
> propelled in the opposite direction - in other words, there's nothing
to
> push back against the recoil...  This would not be a problem if you
had
> directional fans providing propulsion AND the gun was firing in a
direction
> opposite to the thrust of the fans AND you had "burst" thrust
capability on
> the engines to compensate for the momentary thrust of the cannon
recoil...

Sounds like a good reason to use beam weapons ;)
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