Re: [GZG] 'Realistic' Mercenary TO&E [sec=UNCLASSIFIED]

On 10/19/06, Eli Arndt <emu2020@comcast.net> wrote:
> So, a respectable mid-tech unit might look something like a large body
of
> infantry, armed with basic kit, assault rifles and some nice wheeled
> vehicles.  Instead of big gun artillery, perhaps some heavy mortars
and
> mortar vehicles.  Issue a liberal spread of anti-tank rockets and
missiles
> and some SAWs and a few interstellar barges.
>
> Heavy armor is provided as needed by locals or other mercs.  Air
support
> would also be provided by employers or other mercs.
>
> I've actually been eyeballing some Peter Pig WW2 Germans as potential
sci-fi
> troops.  MP44s work for ARs.	Panzerfausts make good buzzbomb rockets
and
> panzerschreks can be worked in as guided missiles.  Throw in MG
gunners
> porting their guns and SAWs.	I'm even looking at using Early War
anti-tank
> rifles as sniper weapons.

Sounds like a good setup, in all honesty.  Even better would be
riflemen with the StG44.

John
-- 
"Thousands of Sarmatians, Thousands of Franks, we've slain them again
and again.  We're looking for thousands of Persians."
--Vita Aureliani
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