RE: Dirtside questions/ideas...

><<Flame Throwers: A shortranged weapon for use against infantry in
>fortifications. It would obviously start fires and also ignore cover.
What
>sort of range? 4" for infantry and 12" for vehicle mounts? How many
>chits? Maybe a template? >>
>
>This is the only suggestion that I have problems with.  Flamethrowers
>typically have a range of only about 65 meters, or one inch in game
scale.
> There was a similar thread with respect to Star Grunt, so I don't want
to
>get into the discussion about modern chemical again.  But I just don't
>believe that you can force a gel stream much further than 50-75 meters
with
>the kind of compression equipment available on combat vehicles, much
less
>man-packed equipment.
>
>Maybe give a major bonus in an infantry fire fight or close combat. 
This
>would reflect the fact that they're generally used as a support weapon
during
>an infantry assault on a fortified position.