Re: M113 APCs and Things

    OK, thanks to all who have tried to help me get this sorted out for
my Vietnam-era SGII scenario at Cold Wars.  Here is what I've decided to
do about the partially exposed crew and riders of armored vehicles.  I
couldn't find anything in the rules that covered this situation.  Which
doesn't mean they're not there, just that I couldn't find them.  At any
rate, I'm not going to allow targeting of the personnel.  A firing
action can take up to 5 minutes in SGII, so I'm going to assume that if
you're shooting at the vehicle with multiple shots, you're giving it a
good "hosing down."  One shot weapons probably aren't as accuate, so
targeting the personnel isn't going to much different from targeting the
vehicle itself.  If a hit occurs, minor or major, check for penetration
of the vehicle.  If penetration occurs, check for the occupants as per
the rules as written.  However, if it is a non-penetrating hit, that's a
potential hit, and you should check for penetration on all partially and
fully exposed passengers and crew as per step 3 of the fire against
dispersed targets (p.36).  For partially exposed personnel, shift the
armor die up one.  If you have some kind of a shield, shift up the armor
die, too.
    So, for the M113 ACAV vs RPG-2 situation we were discussing, a
non-penetrating hit will cause the commander to check for penetration of
the RPG-2 by rolling his armor die (d4) shifted up for being partially
exposed (d6) and shifted again for the gun shield (d8) vs the RPG-2
impact (d10), which may be doubled if it was a major hit.
    What do you think, sirs?

-Mike

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