RE: DSII for the 2020s

No... Don't put your OWN infantry or unarmored vehicles within 200m of
your
OWN tank!

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Brian Bell
bkb@beol.net
http://members.xoom.com/rlyehable/ds2/	    
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roger Books [SMTP:books@mail.state.fl.us]
> Sent: Friday, 1999.12.03 09:49
> To:	gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
> Subject:	Re: DSII for the 2020s
> 
> On  2-Dec-99 at 22:10, Los (los@cris.com) wrote:
> > Hey guys regardinmg any round that fires discarding Sabot, I've
never
> seen
> > this mentioned in any mini-rules but there are definate hazardous
> > conditions to consider.
> > 
> > 1. If your tanks are firing chemical propellant rounds: The
overpressure
> on
> > a 120mm main tank gun can kill a soldier within a ninety degree arc
out
> to
> > 200 meters.
> > 
> > 2. Discarding sabots can kill soldiers between 200-1000 meters.
(I've
> seen
> > the peices out on teh range, flung out this far like shrapnel.
> > 
> 
> So to use your tank in anti-personnel mode get within 200 meters
> and shoot in the general direction of your enemy?  If they are beyond
> that range use the sabot as shrapnel? :)