Re: M113 APCs and Things

On Wed, 26 Jan 2000 Popeyesays@aol.com wrote:

> Yeah, but it's an historical scenario and even the ACCV version was
not truly 
> turreted; therefore while the rules would allow it the period will
not. One 
> thing to note with M 113 squads in Vietnam is that they rarely rode
INSIDE 
[snip]

Not to mention the floor was lined with sandbags. Don't forget the ACCV 
has the Hvy MG (M2HB) and a pair of SAWs on either side. All have
sheilds 
and the Commander's Cupola (with the M2 mount) had a side shield. His 
hatch made the rear. So he had pretty good cover all around. Against a 
force with heavy weapons, an ACCV (or A-Cav) would be toast pretty
quick, 
but in close quarters fights against light forces, they were great. 

Add a Size 3 Tank with a 90mm gun (gotta have that beehive round) and
you 
are set. Speaking of beehives, the 152mm beehive round on the M155 
Sheridan was nasty. About as close to an 8 gauge shotgun as you can get 
for tanks. 

Another interesting vehicle to do would be an Ontos, 6 (yes SIX) 106mm 
Recoiless rifles mounted on a really small tracked vehicle (also size 2,

crew 3). They fired them and then moved to cover to reload. The odd 
contraption saw its best use during the USMC's battle to retake the
ancient 
city of Hue during Vietnam. 6 Rounds in a rapid fire could be hell. 

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