Re: M113 APCs and Things

Ryan M Gill wrote:

> 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.

    Do you think this warrants giving the gunners on the ACAV any cover
bonuses?

> 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.

    We had a discussion of this on the Charlie Comapny discussion list
(http://www.egroups.com/group/charlie-company/info.html) a little while
back.  You
can search the archives for the "beehive rounds" thread.  One of the
list members
even forwarded a pic of the flechettes used in the beehive rounds.  And
I thought
the beehive round was nasty BEFORE I saw that pic.

> 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.

    I know I'm going to model the Ontos in one of my SGII games at some
point, so I
should probably ask now that you mentioned it.	How would you model the
106mm RR?
Thanks.

-Mike

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