Further to my previous email:
Marine Contingents
In MT, the rule of thumb calculation is MASS * 4 = CS availables for marines.
The exact formula is in fact MASS * 50 * 0.08. With the change in FB so that 1
MASS is now 20 CS, this formula becomes:
MASS * 20 * 0.08
This can be simplified to MASS * 8 / 5
E.g. For a Battleship of MASS 120, space available for marines is 120 * 8
/5 = 192 CS.
Mike Elliott
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> From: Jared E Noble <JNOBLE2@mail.aai.arco.com>
It
> probably means operating in PA, operating as small-units without the
Marines
> > take up room and they don't provide much in the way of service for
Just a little info, I am currently serving on a Canadian Destroyer and we
carry a 20 man boarding party. However the members on it are drawn from the
ships company and given special weapons and training (a three week course, I
start tommorrow) the rest of the time we do our regular jobs.
> On Sun, 15 Nov 1998, Neil wrote:
i suppose boarding parties are needed quite frequently for ships involved in
customs, fisheries protection, etc; i assume Neil's job will not involve
dropping from a helo onto the decks of chinese warships...
Tom
> At 02:09 PM 11/13/1998 +0000, Mike Elliott wrote:
Actually we don't usually have Marines aboard ships, unless we are a Marine
landing ship. Even the Amphibious ships that I worked on had only two marines
as part of ships company. It wasn't until we were in the process of conducting
work up excercises with our Marine Corps counterparts that we had a
significant Marine force aboard. It is true that you could build a boarding
party from ship's company, but you are removing people from the watchbill and
from jobs they would otherwise be doing. Even then the boarding party is
pretty small compared to ship's company. If we expect to board a ship we
usually get a Coast Guard Detachment, not only for manpower reasons but for
legal. Phil P.
Gort, Klaatu barada nikto!
> Thomas Anderson wrote:
> i suppose boarding parties are needed quite frequently for ships
Just European fishing boats, right?
> On Mon, 16 Nov 1998, Rob Paul wrote:
> Talking of the days of sail, I must dig out a description of US
Beg pardon? Threads tend to go strange places on this list (I plead guilty of
said offense and throw myself on the mercy of the merciless court...) but this
is odder than usual...
The Yanks used some interesting/strange helmets in the early 19th C?
(Probably around the same time they were experimenting with
cutlass/pistol
combos - two for the price of one, and like a lot of combination
weapons, not workable in either role)
> At 11:33 16/11/98 -0800, you wrote:
SNIP
> Phil P.
That's a difference between USN and RN practice- the RN had Royal
Marines aboard as standard from the days of sail, when amongst other duties
they would man part of the main armament. This latter part of the tradition
persisted as long as guns were a ships main armament, with 1 turret of the
heaviest calibre aboard normally crewed by RM.
Talking of the days of sail, I must dig out a description of US boarding
helmets from the early 19th century.
Rob