Re: IFVs

At 01:26 PM 11/20/98 -0700, you wrote:
>On Fri, 20 Nov 1998 ScottSaylo@aol.com wrote:
>
>> Try looking at a picture of the 1917 British tank (the original
armored
>> fighting vehicle) the GW model is a dead ringer. Some sci-fi gamers
like to
>
>Interestingly enough, the GW Landraider is actually the British Mk IV
>backwards.  Notice how the tracks slope down on the front of the
>Landraider, and how the tracks slope up on the front of the MkIV.
>
>> play with toys that look like science fiction vehicles not ugly
rehashes of
>> the very first "tank" ever to be designed and produced.
>
>Heh, heh, most GW human vehicles look like converted tractors.
>

Actually, according to the original Rogue Trader background, they ARE
converted tractors.  Ahhh...I miss those days.

John X Crimmins
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