Re: [GZG] "Realistic" Mercenary TO&E

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unit on Shelley's DMC series.  While they have armour it
rarely makes it into the story.

Roger

On 10/18/06, Eli Arndt <emu2020@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>  Some recent comments made in a reply to the new 15mm Vehicle
announcement
> have got me to thinking, "What is a –realistic- way to do sci-fi
mercs"	The
> usual tendency seems to be to try to recreate one of the great merc
units
> from books and other games – Hammer's Slammers, Wolf's Dragoons,
etc.  But
> are these units representative of what we think merc units would be? 
Is
> there a way to build less amazing, but still effective mercenary
units?	Is
> so, what are people's thoughts on them?
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> Some ideas I have had are –
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> 1) An all infantry force with no armor but a good number of
man-portable
> anti-tank weapons.
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> 2) Conventional mobile infantry force with mid-tech resources.
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> 3) Small, but elite and hi-tech unit of combat walkers.
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> These are just off the top of my head.
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> Thanks,
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> Eli
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