Re: [DS2] Test at Bekaa Valley

In a message dated 99-02-07 17:10:58 EST, you write:

<< >Israeli Merkava Mk1:
 >Size 4		  20
 >Armour 6r		  26 (yeah it's above what it should be but it
is to
 >"scale" with the Syrian T-72B)
 >CFE power		   9
 >Fast Tracked		  18
 >HVC/3 (turreted)	  24
 >2 APSW		   8
 >Enhanced FireCon	  12
 >	  TOTAL 	 116
     I would use Slow Tracked, Size 5, extra space 4 capacity points
(for
 crew sleeping area and extra ammo), HVC/4, armour 5, no reactive or
ablative
 armour and an extra two APSW.

Okay, I'll make it size 5, but unless I change the HVC on the T-72B I'll
keep
it a #3, as the Gun on the Merkava is smaller than the one on the T-72B,
I'll
also make it a slow tracked, mobility did not play a big part in that
battle,
as it was an ambush.
 
 >Syrian T-72B
 >Size 3		  15
 >Armour 3r		  11
 >CFE power		   5
 >Fast Tracked		  10
 >HVC/4 (turreted)	  32
 >1 APSW		   4
 >Basic FireCon 	   8
 >	  TOTAL 	  75
     I would use Size 4, armour 3 or 4, non-reactive armour and
non-ablative
 armour.
  >>
I'll go with size 4, that will alow me to up grade the HVC to a number
5, thus
alowing me to up the size of the Merkava's to number 4, I'll keep the 3,
but
drop the r (as it is iffy if the Syrain tanks had it.) and see how they
look.
Altho if you do the math you find that one Vehicle size is 10 tonns, the
Merkava should be size 6 and that would go with the armour, that in RHM
(I
think that is the right acromim) is twice the value of the T-72B
-Stephen