Re: DS2: Vehicle Design Philosphy

Actually, this is very close to the idea I was proposing.  However, I
beg to 
differ when you say this won't work for AFV's.... the problem is, that's
a 
loosely defined term.  No, I'm not proposing this for a MBT. But if you
take 
an APC, eliminated the squad bay, and add a turret, what you have IS an
AFV 
of sorts. The idea is that though they may have different sized 
compartments, turrets, etc., all these vehicles would be built on the
same 
chassis.

Brian B

----Original Message Follows----
From: Michael Llaneza <imperialdispatches@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
To: gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
Subject: Re: DS2: Vehicle Design Philosphy
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 16:40:25 -0700 (PDT)

Unless that high-tech government has thousands of worlds to defend with
grav
vehicles. The Traveller Imperium does this with its APC chassis. They've
got 
a
few AFvs, some minor vehicles (air rafts) and a plethora of APC
variants: 
APC,
Fire Support, Recon, Artillery (various types), command, logistics, 
hospital,
whatever. I don't think this concept would work too well for AFVs, but
the
large amount of space in an APC hull gives the designers a lot of room
to 
play
with for variants.

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