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RE: GZG NEWS - DSII Infantry Walkers (was: Re: Bugs...)

From: jatkins6@i... (John Atkinson)
Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 13:11:52 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: RE: GZG NEWS - DSII Infantry Walkers (was: Re: Bugs...)

You wrote: 

>>From a military standpoint small Infantry "Mecha" in the range of 
10-12 >feet tall are a good substitute for a Tank or an APC in Urban 
fighting >where their smaller silhouette combined with superior 
mobility can be >used to advantage. Indeed the DoD is going ahead with 

I'd rather use Powered Armor--they have the supreme advantage of being 
fired on as infantry, and hence not vulnerable to some loony with an 
MDC-5 at 6km.  But then again, it takes some houserules to give PA a 
20mm RFAC-1 like the ESU uses.

John

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