Re: [GZG] Mine resistant vehicles

On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 3:05 PM, Ground Zero Games <jon@gzg.com> wrote:

>  Though it wasn't something I originally had in mind, both the Paladin
>  and the Phalanx WOULD be pretty good mine-resistant designs - you'd
>  probably lose a wheel to a large enough charge, but if you assume
>  they can keep driving on 5 of the 6 (as I believe the Saladin and
>  Saracen could way back, and I presume most of today's 6-wheelers can
>  too)

Yes, yes they can.  :)

However, what you don't see as often "in-theater" as in publicity
shots of the vehicles is the externally-mounted spare tires.  They are
flammable, and most things that take out the tire also damage the
vehicle enough to require more than just a spare tire.

John
-- 
"Thousands of Sarmatians, Thousands of Franks, we've slain them again
and again. We're looking for thousands of Persians."
--Vita Aureliani

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