Re: Attack vs. MultiRole

Getting back to the original idea of this thread (Aliens), if I recall 
correctly from the Colonial Marines Handbook (excellant book, now if I
could 
only find it again:-) there is a pure gunship version of the dropship,
but 
they are only used in larger drops, to support the landings. When you
are 
only dropping squads or platoons, you have to settle for your landers
for 
support. The reason isn't given, but from a logistics point of view it 
probably makes sense, i.e. fewer airframes, less transport costs. As
usual, 
the teeth of the Marines are not making the decisions, the tail is. Same
old, 
same old.