Re: Level of Detail?

[Charles Gray <cgray@kirk.microsys.net>]

Walter M. Rauch wrote:
> 
>         The advantage of that 90mm is the relative ease of manufacture of new
> ammo.  A highly sophisticated 90mm shaped-charged High Explosive Anti Tank
> (HEAT) round is a whoppingly simple task compared to TOW II wire guided
> missile. In a flank/rear shot it is almost as likely to peel a tread /
> punch the engine. The project might go with them for a heavy MARS team.
> The missiles do give you more options, though.
> 
	Also, cannon don't have the  flight time problem that missiles do.
IMHO, few enemies of the MP's are going to think of the trick of using
suppresive fire against the gunner, so he looses control of the missile,
it's still a danger.  
	My main reason for the use of TOW's among Recon/Mars, and the
restriction of cannon to more dedicated units was that when the fighting
is over, you can rip out the TOW, put it in a shed, and then have a
normal MPV.  Turreted vehicles, tracked or wheeled, just aren't that
flexible.
	PS:  TOWS??  Has anyone with a different time period megawhoops used
different missiles?  In truth, it'd seem to me that for the time period
of the MP, the Russian version of the TOW (Sagger/Spigot), would be
easier to get. (Fewer controls on export, or at least many third world
counties to acquire them from.)