Re: What is a 'Rotary Action' S.A.W.?

>I have been giving a little thought to the Oceanic troops that are just
>being put out, and the suggestion that the Saw carried by the squad
gunner
>is a d8 fire power conventional Saw. With the small fire teams proposed
(3
>rifle men @ 2 fp=d6, 1 saw gunner) you are going to have to get pretty
>close when compared to other published toe's which seem to generally
>feature a fp d12 for the squad plus a d10 or so Saw (perhaps I am being
>spoilt by the NSL & FSE troops we usually play with). 
>
>Looking at the Oceanic Saw gunner I thought this might be in fact a gas
>powered 'rotary action' gun, and the rear feed position suggests to me
>either a Mauser or Dardick type of rotary action (see below).
>
>There are about 4 major types of automatic weapon action that use a
>'rotary' action that I am aware of:
[snip]

>Bruce S. R. Lee

The reference to "rotary" MGs in SGII is intended to be for Gatling type
miniguns - everyone loves those spinnin' barrels and masses of flying
lead.... :)
If you look closely at the NSL SAW you will see it has three tiny
barrels.
Mind you, the Dardick concept sounds very interesting...

Jon (GZG)