Re: [DS] ZADS to ZADFC HR's Part II

--- "K.H.Ranitzsch" <KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de> wrote:

> As an alternative to higher turret elevation,
> consider a cheaper system with
> a substantial minimum engagement range, i.e.hte gun
> (or whatever) cannot
> elevate enough and track fast enough to engage
> aircraft flying nearby

Hmmmm.... perhaps allowing a vehicle to be equipped
with the ZADFC without the improved turret, but can
only engage aircraft passing through it's medium and
long ranges (With an artificial minimum range based on
gun elevation for HEL turrets), and taking some sort
of penalty aginst GMS.....

> By the way, this isn't Science Fiction anymore. A
> modern fire control system
> is good enough to aim at a helicopter and MPAT
> (Multi-purpose Anti-Tank, a
> hollow charge with a fragmentation skin) with a
> proximity fuse can take it
> down. So an Abrams or Leo2 comes close to your idea
> in real life
> 
> See:
> http://members.aol.com/panzersgt/theory/Ammo.html

Yup, I've watched TV shows on modern US armor crew
training, and it included using their main weapons Vs.
Helos.

Putting this into DS *2* terms, ground vehicles are
already allowed to make attacks of opportunity Vs
Helos doing Pop-ups, I don't see why they couldn't
fire direct Vs. Helos in Low Flight, though I begin to
wonder about High Flight -- if you allow it, I'd
definitely impose some sort of penalty (PSB that the
generalized FireCons aren't as good at intercepting
aircraft as the specialized ZADFC)......

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