RE: Mines 6

Robotic mines:

An engineer pulls up with a truck full of them and has them dismount all
by themselves.	The mines all form up in front of him and he gives them
orders....'all right you mines, arrange yourself in a standard
dispersion within the following boundaries, Grid reference 123456 to
345876....'   They give him a 'YES SIR' and off they go.

After the war he comes back and tells them (whoever is left) to get on
the truck.

John, use your imagination!  I know the above is kinda tongue and cheek
but it's not that far off.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jatkins6@ix.netcom.com [SMTP:jatkins6@ix.netcom.com]
> Sent: Friday, May 15, 1998 10:33 AM
> To:	FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
> Subject:	RE: Mines 6
> 
> You wrote: 
> 
> >1. Robotic minfields, ie- minefields that can get up and move
> 
> Wierd. . . But I'd be really hesitant about that for removal purposes.
> 
> I mean, as an Engineer I'm expected to go back into a minefield and 
> take it apart when I no longer need it.  What's the point of winning a
> 
> war if you can't use what you've taken because civillians keep going 
> boom?  If it's moving around then a map becomes REAL irrelevant real 
> fast.  If that's not a concern, then by all means allow minefields to 
> creep 1 inch per turn.
> 
> >2. IFF minefields - they're smart enough to know friend from foe
> >3. Really smart mines (RSMs for short) - they wait for the best 
> target; >anti-pers would go after leaders or support weapons; anti 
> -vehicle might >do something where they detonate only under the last 
> vehicle
> 
> 2 & 3 come in the WAM post, which ain't out yet. (Wide Area Munition).
> 
> The basic philosophy of mines is cheap and cheerful.	The more 
> sophisticated WAMs will have all sorts of fun options.
> 
> >4. Cruel anti-pers mines that would only injure someone, when someone
> >came to help the person he/she would get injured too
> 
> Hrm. . . You mean like the M14?  Non-metallic, with an ounce of Tetryl
> 
> as the main charge, and "Not designed to kill, but to penetrate boot 
> and foot" (FM 20-32, HQ, DA)	I figured showing specific mine effects 
> at the Dirtside scale would be inappropriate.  If I play enough 
> Stargrunt to get familliar enough with it to try my hand at mine
> rules, 
> I would of course go into more detail and include toe-poppers.
> 
> John M. Atkinson