RE: [FT] Troop transports

I read CS to be more like Traveller tons (displacement).

Mike

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Subject: Re: [FT] Troop transports

> 15), with a note that a size 3 vehicle will occupy 60 tons (4CS/size
x
> Size 3 = 12, 12CS/CS/mass = 0.6 mass, and 1 FB mass =100 tons), and
> "that seems about right."

Oops, dropped a line:  "If you define an Abrams as Size 3 or 3.5, that
fits--an Abrams weighs in at 70 tons."

> On the other hand, a Bradley is, AFAIK, about the same size hull