[SG] ground mount heavy weapons

A crew served heavy weapon counts needs several men to move it, but only one
to fire it (page 30). Does this mean that, once it's set up, the
other 1-3 crewmen can do other things eg fire their personal weapons,
make tea (raises confidence 1 level, NAC only :-), call in air support
etc?

I would assume that they are supporting the weapon - having the next
magazine ready to load, ready to switch barrels on an HMG, unpacking the next
load of ammo for ready use, etc... So even if they aren't doing something at
that specific moment, they are in a ready position in case something breaks,
malfunctions, needs changing, etc. so that the gunner can concentrate his
attention on targets and where they are going. Perhaps they are also acting as
additional spotters to help direct the gunner.

--Binhan

> -----Original Message-----

> On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 12:56:17PM -0400, laserlight@quixnet.net wrote:

> A crew served heavy weapon counts needs several men to move it, but

I treat this just as a squad with a SAW in independent-fire mode - the
heavy weapon fire takes up one of the squad's actions.

--- "laserlight@quixnet.net" <laserlight@quixnet.net>
wrote:
> A crew served heavy weapon counts needs several men

Nope.  They are spotting/directing fire, feeding ammo,
or otherwise engaged.