RE: SG2/DS2 artillery

Oerjan Ohlson wrote:

> 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 :-/

Agreed, but your colonial militia would probably have just as much, if
not
more, trouble getting hold of 250mm active seeking multi warhead RAM
shells
while the planet's under attack.

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Steve Gill
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