GZG's DS 2 Design question

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From: "Wilson, Glenn" <WilsonG@nima.mil>
To: "'Triphibious@juno.com'" <Triphibious@juno.com>
Subject: RE: GZG's DS 2 Design question
Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2000 12:41:33 -0400
Message-ID: <8B9D41BEE275D3119E7E00805FBE64D30128E989@stlx4>

I am curious where that implication is stated/read.

Page 11 Weapons Fit limitations allows for multiple tube weapons (3xA, 2xB) in
turrets, "...When further weapons are added to a vehicle that already has a
Turreted main weapon (including adding extra barrels of the same weapons type
to make multiple mount..." seems to allow just the opposite, multiple mounts
of dissimilar weapons types (HEL with APSW OR DFFG OR any other. And the
language implies it doesn't stop at two. A size 5 vehicle could have, God
knows why, three or more appropriately sized weapons in a turret
mounting; say, a HEL/4 (8 points,) A MDC/3 (6 points,) an APSW (2
points) and a GMS (4 points for a total of 13 capacity points.) four of the
allowable 5 on a size 5 vehicle, leaving room for the favored by the masses
(including myself) PDS. Again, the application would be certainly at best
specialized for some niche purpose but it seems allowable even if not normally
desirable.

I see nothing on page 28 (Direct fire) that seems to limit the direct fire
except an element cannot split it's fire between two other elements - in
our strange vehicle above, the HEL and the MDC but not the APSW and, IMO, not
the GMS could be fired at a target element. And I argue the GMS COULD be fired
but it is an increase in complication that is undesirable. Shades of '...roll
a bucket of dice...' is another unhappy circumstance. Also I have some dislike
in the idea that a GCS system and FIRECON system would be in
the same turret and one slaved to the other - possible but the
maintenance in reality would and in a campaign should be ghastly
unpredictable... But so far, I can't see why it couldn't be done.... Just
don't pop it on me in a game when I am GM'ing without clearing it with the GM
(me) prior (I may or may not tell your opponent but you can bet I may have an
small surprise for
you at game start - "the maintenance officer reports all the GMS's are
down
in platoon 12 and all the Firecon's for the HEL/MDC systems are down in
platoon 7. Do you field them short a system or do they report to the Field
Maintenance area (out of the scenario) for repairs."

Any rules I have missed? Interpretations are just that... interpretations,
unless Jon and company have spoken. I agree it does seems needlessly
max-min but then, IMO, so does using only 'optimum' systems.

Gracias. Glenn M. Wilson, Jr.
NIMA SE Asia/Oceania Regional Analyst
(314)-263-4670

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