Re: (DS): Systems per Class

Thanks for the clarification & the vindication of my
memory, OO. I noticed no comment on what you thought
of the rule.
--- owner-gzg-l@lists.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
<oerjan.ohlson@telia.com> wrote:
> Glenn Wilson wrote:
> 
> > >However, ISTR a rules clarification being handed
down
> > >that stated yes, infantry elements etc. Do count
> > >toward the limit.
> >
> >Please point me towards the archives where that was
stated.
> 
> Can't find the post itself (must've been sometime in
1996 or -97), but the 
> relevant part of it is quoted on Andy Cowell's DS2
Q&A pages 
> (http://www.cowell.org/~andy/min/ds2/mike/part1):
> 
> "EXAMPLE 5:  MEDIUM WHEELED APC
> 
> THIS IS A MEDIUM VEHICLE (15 CAPACITY).  IT HAS ONE
MDC/1 IN A TURRET (3 
> CAPACITY).  THAT LEAVES TWELVE CAPACITY--ROOM FOR 3
INFANTRY TEAMS.  BUT IT 
> LISTS ONLY ROOM FOR 2 INFANTRY TEAMS.  WHAT GIVES?
> 
> [other peoples' comments snipped, then Mike Elliott
replies]
> 
> Example 5:  Medium Wheeled APC
> 
> There may be sufficient spare capacity for 3 teams,
but you must apply the 
> rule on p11 "No vehicle may be fitted with more
weapon systems than its 
> basic size class" In this case, carried infantry
teams count as weapon 
> systems (after all they do shoot, particularly if
they've got IAVRs - 
> ouch!). So a size 3 vehicle with an MDC/1 (or any
other weapon for that 
> matter) can only take 2 infantry teams.
> 
> Mike Elliott, GZG"
> 
> And yes, it means that the second example MICV
design on p.12 is illegal.
> 
> ***
> > >It also makes vehicles more effective in close
assault actions (as only
> > >SAW/PDS weapons can fire in DSII close assaults).
> >
> >PDS?  Where is that in the rules?
> 
> AFAIK it isn't. *APFCs* can fire in DS2 close
assaults; PDSs don't.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Oerjan
> oerjan.ohlson@telia.com
> 
> "Life is like a sewer.
>   What you get out of it, depends on what you put
into it."
> -Hen3ry
> 

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