Anti-Tank Guns

I finally started reading the Dirtside rules, and noticed that there
are no rules for towed anti-tank guns (a la German 88's).  What do
people do? Follow the rules for the towed Artillery? House rules?

Also, Since there are a few (ex-) artillerymen in the list, is it
reasonable to give towed artillery a 180 degree arc of fire? Can you twist
your cannons that much?

Thanks!

> At 10:44 AM 8/5/97 +0000, you wrote:

> Also, Since there are a few (ex-) artillerymen in the list, is it
The Marine artillery officer in my classes says the new 105s and 188s have a
base plate that allows 360 rotation...

> Alredo wrote:
Can you
> twist your cannons that much?

With modern anti armour guns, it is not so much the case of can the cannon be
traversed throught the 180 degrees; a lot of heavy calibre guns have that
capability now.

The fact is that an anti armour Gun is really a tank gun used
outside a tank hull/turret (eg Sov T-10). As it will be employed to
engage a highly mobile target; anti armour guns need to be dug-in
/emplaced to maximise survivability. That or fire and move via a covered
withdrawal route REAL quick. All other (non vehicle) anti armour weapons
are infantry based, with relavant pro/cons and capabilities.

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Since AT guns use direct fire, (as opposed to an artillery's indirect fire),
we just design a vehicle with no armor or power system (unless it's a powered
weapon like HEL, MDC). Buy the vehicle frame, gun & FireCon & that's it. We
haven't worried about ammo storage. Since I'd guess the ammo necessary for
artillery harassing fire to be about the same as for an AT gun, so maybe the
ammo won't require any cargo space.

Nils

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I finally started reading the Dirtside rules, and noticed that there
are no rules for towed anti-tank guns (a la German 88's).  What do
people do? Follow the rules for the towed Artillery? House rules?

Also, Since there are a few (ex-) artillerymen in the list, is it
reasonable to give towed artillery a 180 degree arc of fire? Can you twist
your cannons that much?

Thanks!

Alfredo
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