Re: [DS] Specialist Elements

"Bell, Brian K" wrote:

> A PA suit can carry/be equiped with a Heavy weapon (GMS/L or APSW).
However,
> space/weight limitations would limit the ammo (you are already
stuffing a
> lot into a PA suit). So, either you have less ammo and risk running
out of
> ammo, or you have the other memebers of the squad carry some ammo,
reducing
> the amount of weapons that they can carry.

Why?  I presume you are talking about individuals, not teams.  That
would make sense to a degree.

> GMS/L is a large weapon. It would probably take the entire squad
(larger
> squad of line infantry or smaller squad of PA) to carry the weapon and
the
> ammo, unless it is a one-shot. Even if it is a one-shot, the PA that
is
> carrying it would be encumbered by doing so (it takes 2/5ths of the
alloted
> space of a size-1 vehicle to hold a GSM/L).

Nonsense.  A Dragon or Javelin team is two men.  It's heavy, but it's
still two men.

John M. Atkinson