Re: [GZG] [DS 2] What am I missing?

["Roger Books" <roger.books@xxxxxxxxx>]

IMU grav in tanks is finicky and requires grav tank engineers
to maintain.  All grav tank engineers are officers as it requires
a graduate degree to get into the profession.  Needless to
say grav tanks see limited usage from major powers.

Why have a high maintenance grav tank when you can buy a blower
tank _and_ a STOL aircraft for the same price?  NB I'm not 
talking points I'm talking $.

Roger

$ always annoyed US keyboards don't have a button for £.

On 8/22/06, Glenn Wilson <warbeads@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Okay after all this time with DS 2 I still don't see
(except perhaps cost) the 'advantage' of choosing GEV
mobility.  GRAV doe all terrrain equal or better.  The
Tracked option does nearly as well as GEV in anything
but the most 'open' of terrain types and better in
several.

After a lot of loking at mobility versus terrain for
GP (General Purpose) forces I think for low tech CFE
it's got to be Tracked (and HKP) with Class 1 and 2
GEV scouts for open terrain;  for HMT it's pretty much
the same except that MDC weapons become an option for
light guns and FGEV class 3 "Heavy Recon" and open
terrain MICVs; for FPG you actually have a choice
between tracked low cost units and GRAV high cost
units.

Even though I have 4 GEV (1 SGEV, 3 predominantly
FGEV) Battalions I questiuon wht (other then 'cool' or
background) a military would choose GEV as the
majority of their mobility type.

Gracias,

  Glenn Wilson

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