Re: [GZG]Howtohandleunitsarmedwith"heavy"weapons [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

["John Atkinson" <johnmatkinson@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 5/13/07, emu2020@xxxxxxxxxxx <emu2020@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The premise of the military I am designing is a man versus machine sort of
> force where the concept is to even the playing field by using relatively
> low-tech forces with lots of manpower, good weapons and lots of them.  They
> don't have a lot of heavy vehicles and many of the vehicles they do have are
> built from either lighter vehicles which have been upgunned or converted
> from civilian vehicles (a little more than technicals but not quite).
>
> Their main infantry force is armed with HAMR style weapons firing lots of
> armor-piercing rounds as well as short to medium range ATGMs and rockets.  I
> am still in the infant stages of this planning and as such haven't settled
> onto troop numbers.  Wanted to get the rules and the TO&E out of the way
> before purchasing any major quanitites.
>
> Any siggestions would be welcomed.

The infantry force would be eaten for lunch by other infantry.  There
is a reason that most infantry forces have a mix of different weapons.

Using SGII rules, without houseruling things extensively, your best
bet would be to organize in small teams, 2-3 men each, each built
around a single heavy weapon with one or two ammo bearers/riflemen.

And then the first time that force runs into some light infantry, they
will start reconsidering having regular rifle squads in the force mix.

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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