Re: [DS] No Capacity was: Points system (fresh)

Tony Francis schrieb:
> > Any other vehicles that DS2 can't build ?
> 
> Lots of real vehicles have too many MGs to be legal (I'm 
> assuming the 'free' APSW is a pintle mounted weapon only, 
> so the co-ax has to be paid for). 

I don't think is stated explicitly in the rules. I always assumed it
could be any type of MG.

> I can offer the following perfect example off the 
> top of my head 
> (mostly WW2 since my knowledge of that is better than 
> more recent vehicles) :
> 
> Soviet T35 tank (1 76mm gun, 2 45mm, 5-6 MGs)

I don't think this saw operational use, did it ?

But yes, something along those lines should be made legal.
Certainly, limits on small weapons should be less stringent than on
large ones. 

> There are others that would be illegal on the 'no weapons 
> system greater 
> than vehicle size+1' rule, depending on how you rate 
> vehicle sizes (IMHO the Ontos would only be a class-1, but a SLAM has
a 
> minimum size class of 3). 

As others said, the SLAM lower limt is not too convincing, either.

> A few examples (my opinion only, of course) :
> 
> PzI with 15cm sIG33 Infantry gun (heavy artillery 
> (class-6 weapon) on a class-1 vehicle !)

Yes, Apart from the question whether it should not perahps be a class 5
weapon or smaller. There were eaven heavier guns.

> Several other small German SPGs which mounted the 15cm 
> sIG or 15cm sFH weapons

Generally thought of as unbalanced, underpowered, and prone to
breakdowns. Something like that should have serious penalties to its
mobility. 
Or define it as a "stealthed" class 5 vehicle ;-)

> Any vehicle smaller than class-5 mounting a heavy 
> artillery piece (eg M-12 or M-40)

Or even the various (mostly modern) artillery pieces with an auxiliary
engine. 

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