[DS] What's the good word?

> An old wargaming buddy and I were chatting about Dirtside the other

I asked John Tuffley that question recently (via email) and he said that "Bugs
Don't Surf" is still planned, its just on the back burner because they are so
busy right now! E

> Tony Francis wrote:

> As always, there are exceptions to these rules - the Swedish PBV-302

> On 19-Sep-01 at 01:19, Aron B Clark (aronbc@juno.com) wrote:

The situation is that we HAD run out of copies here in the UK, but as GeoHex
still had plenty of stock in the US we've had KR ship us a few boxes back
again, so it's now back in stock on both sides of the pond. The cost in the US
is because we print all the books here in the UK, so you've got shipping and
duties in there. I prefer to use local quality
printers that I have some immediate control over - then at least if they
do something wrong (as does happen....) I can stand over them while they do it
again.... ;-)
> Looking at my APC's, when does a vehicle cease to be an APC and

I always assumed it to be down to function - MICVs are designed for the
infantry to fight mounted, at least until they're almost on top of the
objective; APCs are battle taxis from which the infantry dismount for a
foot assault. It is also down to the weapon systems installed - MICVs
generally have reasonable guns/missiles, APCs usually no more than MGs,
as befits their different roles.

> At 9:06 PM +0100 9/19/01, Ground Zero Games wrote:

It's always seemed like something of a fuzzy line. The A-CAVs from
Vietnam were right there on that line. The infantry tended to fight from the
track, and it was armed a bit more than your garden variety
APC (M2HB + 2 SAWs + a grenadier).

On Wed, 19 Sep 2001 08:16:07 -0400 (EDT) Roger Books
> <books@mail.state.fl.us> writes:
<snip>
> Looking at my APC's, when does a vehicle cease to be an APC and

My very unofficial and full of exceptions Rule of thumb -

you use vehicle as "Battle Taxi" and dismount to fight - APC.
you fight from vehicle and dismount to close assault - MICV

ACAV's somewhat blurred the line...

Gracias,