GZG List archives -- January 2008
Re: [GZG] [SG3]: What if?
On Jan 30, 2008, at 11:49 PM, emu2020@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I think that anyone who is going to consider future warfare really
> needs to stop dredging up outdated references for close quarters
> combat. Drawing on Age of Musket or even WW2 references for future
> warfare settings seems pretty silly when most of those past
> scenarios don't even hold up in present warfare conditions.
>
That right...because the city-fighting issues of the 40s have
absolutely no bearing on modern day conflicts confined to close
quarters. :)
I think SG3, as a SciFi set, needs to cover the gamut though. I use
FMAs and SG2 to do Zombie games quite a bit.
> In the vast diversity of human future weapons, it seems very
> unlikely that anybody is going to really focus on improving the
> close combat hth weapon.
>
As a CQB weapon how capable is the modern M-4 carbine compared to WW2
bolt-action rifles?
D.
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