Re: [SG] Smoke

At 4:39 PM +0000 10/30/02, Richard Kirke wrote:
>
>That sounds like a pretty sensible interpretation. What's wrong, not 
>getting enough space?
>
>How would 22nd century infantry deploy smoke? Does the platoon have 
>an equivalent of the 2" mortar? Or would everyone just throw 
>grenades? Maybe from their rifle's GL?

I dunno, a small ball that one can chuck seems likely.

>How effective a smoke screen could they deploy? Would it simply stop 
>anyone firing at them? Or would suppresions still be possible?

Theoretically the effect on the suppression should be how much it 
impacts the firing unit's fire effectiveness. If they have some kind 
of mechanism of seeing through the smoke, then they probably won't 
falter in their fire accuracy. But if they can't see crap, they might 
have a harder time putting fire where people are near and thus not be 
able to maintain the suppression come next turn.

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