> >
I was originally "inspired" by a picture I saw in (IIRC) Jane's Defence Review
annual for 1989 of a Swedish soldier using a ground mount auto cannon of some
sort. When I get home this evening I'll see if I can find the exact reference
but don't expect a quick response as it's my eldest daughters birthday and
I'll be spending the weekend riding herd on about 12 6 year old girls.
> >
Yes
> Here are my rules of Infantry Heavy Weapons Teams (IHWT): This is an
and 2
> Teams per Mortar Ammo Counter. The unit must have an unused ammo
Sounds about right to me. So to recap a minimal mortar team would consist of 3
IHWT teams one manning the mortar and another 2 lugging an ammo marker, they
could then fire for effect once or fire harassing indefinitely. In one of the
battles covered in "AAR (or what I did in my Holidays)" which I posted on 2nd
March 2001 we modeled a mortar section as a size 3 truck (15 capacity)
carrying the mortar team and 3 ammo counters.
> --- Chris Downes-Ward <cdownes-ward@9a.co.uk> wrote:
> I was originally "inspired" by a picture I saw in
I know of several ground-mount AA guns--some of which
are made by Bofors so Swedes would be using them. All of these that I know of
require a prime mover to haul around.
The only 20mm guns I know of that are intended to be manportable for more than
the shortest distances (you
can push good-sized guns around with their crews. But
not far) were the 20mm anti-tank rifles used in WWII
by the Italians, Poles, and Finns. Of those, all were bolt action excepting
the Finnish Lahti. This was
semi-automatic. It was, however, also a conversion of
an autocannon and supposedly a few were left fully automatic. The problem is
of course, hauling around
the ammo. That, and the damage a full-auto 20mm is
going to do to your shoulder, even with a muzzle brake and bipod.