Re: [GZG]Howtohandleunitsarmedwith"heavy"weapons [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

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I just like the big gun look and wanted to have a PSB explination.  I am
modelling the infantry after those portayed in the artwork by Kow
Yokohama and another designer named Kondo.  They have this whole retro
hi-tech thing going on.  Anyone else have a better PSB suggestions for a
bunch of guys packing around big guns?	Due keep in mind that the force
is the type of force that would be hired to even the odds for local
colonial forces who mightn ot have anti-armor capacity.

-Eli

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: "John Atkinson" <johnmatkinson@gmail.com> 

> On 5/13/07, emu2020@comcast.net wrote: 
> > 
> > The premise of the military I am designing is a man versus machine
sort of 
> > force where the concept is to even the playing field by using
relatively 
> > low-tech forces with lots of manpower, good weapons and lots of
them. They 
> > don't have a lot of heavy vehicles and many of the vehicles they do
have are 
> > built from either lighter vehicles which have been upgunned or
converted 
> > from civilian vehicles (a little more than technicals but not
quite). 
> > 
> > Their main infantry force is armed with HAMR style weapons firing
lots of 
> > armor-piercing rounds as well as short to medium range ATGMs and
rockets. I 
> > am still in the infant stages of this planning and as such haven't
settled 
> > onto troop numbers. Wanted to get the rules and the TO&E out of the
way 
> > before purchasing any major quanitites. 
> > 
> > Any siggestions would be welcomed. 
> 
> The infantry force would be eaten for lunch by other infantry. There 
> is a reason that most infantry forces have a mix of different weapons.

> 
> Using SGII rules, without houseruling things extensively, your best 
> bet would be to organize in small teams, 2-3 men each, each built 
> around a single heavy weapon with one or two ammo bearers/riflemen. 
> 
> And then the first time that force runs into some light infantry, they

> will start reconsidering having regular rifle squads in the force mix.

> 
> 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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