From: M.J.Elliott@u...
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 1997 07:08:42 -0500
Subject: Re: Turrent Mounted GMS systems.
> Mr. Elliot, Hi, I'm Mike > I was wondering if you could answer a quick question for me and my No, not necessary, GMS systems are assumed to have 360 degree arc of fire anyway (think of a TOW system on top of an M113, a bit like that, but smaller and more efficient of course). > *If so, do they get all of the advantages Not applicable, see above. > *Can an AFV fire both its main weapon No, the rules state (can't remember the page off-hand) that only ONE weapon system may fire per activation. Hmmm, problem is you have to _choose_ which one... > I know, its silly that grown adults can argue over such things, but an Yeah, you could say that, but we made a conscious decision in the gane design to _not_ allow more than one weapon system to fire to force the players to think and choose the most appropriate weapon system for the target. To take things to their ridiculous extreme its a bit like saying "well I'll fire my main tank gun and that enemy tank, but I'll fire my machine gun as well just in case..." Some players have got round this inability by allowing bigger vehicles to have more than one fire control system. You can fire one wepon system for each fire control system, but you have to pay extra and it takes up space... > Also, Dirtside is really popular around here with gamers: its the > Sincerely,