Prev: Re: SG2/DS2 artillery Next: Re: DS2/SG2 artillery

Re: SG2/DS2 artillery

From: "Oerjan Ohlson" <oerjan.ohlson@t...>
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 19:20:14 +0100
Subject: Re: SG2/DS2 artillery

Steve Gill wrote in reply to Thomas Barclay: 

> > You might find field guns in militia and colonial forces (easier to
make
> > than MRLS) similarly to why you'd find IAVRs and RRs there instead
of
> > GMS many times.

IAVR = GMS/P in... probably about 5 years. RR = GMS/P within 25 years.
Of course, the GMS/P is a Stargrunt weapon, not DSII <g>

> I thought the entire point of the primitive MRLS (such as used in
WWII)
> systems is that they're easier to make than tube artillery. They
don't need
> the specialised foundries and work with much lower tolerances - at
the 
> basic level they are simply advanced firework rockets with a warhead
> attached.

Easier to make, usually longer-ranged, but most importantly easier to
fire *lots* of in a very short period of time. Of course, after that
short period you have one hell of a logistical problem to get
resupplied :-/

Regards,

Oerjan Ohlson
oerjan.ohlson@telia.com

"Life is like a sewer.
  What you get out of it, depends on what you put into it."
- Hen3ry

Prev: Re: SG2/DS2 artillery Next: Re: DS2/SG2 artillery