RE: Teeny Nukes

What about as an RPG or M-79 type weapon? I can see where lobbing the
equivalent of a 155mm shell into the building down the street might be a
useful item.  Or perhaps as a cave or bunker buster.  It would replace
mortars for rapid artillery support.

--Binhan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Atkinson [mailto:johnmatkinson@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 4:46 PM
> To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
> Subject: Teeny Nukes
> 
> Depends.  Give troops a grenade with the force of a
> 155mm shell and they will end up hurting themselves. 
> Grenades are used at really close range.  According to
> The Book, the "average soldier" can throw a grenade
> 35m effectively.  Now, that's 3.5" in Stargrunt terms,
> which is why they are abstracted into close combat. 
> Grenades are also heavily used in MOUT operations at
> ranges of a few feet (thrown into rooms, etc).  You
> don't want too much power being set off at that range.
> 
> John
> 
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