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OK, I am not in the military and know very little of the realities of close quarter battle (for which I am immensely grateful). So all of the following is based on my imagination/reading and the rules. As such, if I am talking out of my posterior in the below then I will not be offended if somebody were to tell me. Lets consider two figures in close combat. Infantry Close assault takes place over the area occupied by two figures. Let's say the bases of each figure are 1 inch diameter. That's roughly 2 square inches per pair of combatants. The ground scale of SGII is 1 inch to 10 meters so that's roughly a 20 meters squared area that our combatants are fighting over. Over 20 squared meters I think I'd rather have the assault rifle than the kukri. Further evidence to support this claim can be found on page 41 "the final charge against the enemy strongpoint with grenades, bayonets and lots of gung-ho attitude!" This, at least to me, suggests that some of the close assault takes place over distances slightly greater hand to hand. After all, nobody wants to use a grenade up close and personal. Though I will concede SOME of the combat is intended to be at arms length, far from all of it is. I look forward to having my logic ripped apart... Richard Messenger on the move. Text MSN to 63463 now! |
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