Tanks normally even today have a primary mover, aka a flat bed truck/trailer to move them to/from the front lines..
Its why we have strikers, they fit the gap between heavy and airborne/light infantry/mountain. Mountain and like die quickly unless dug in well, against a force with tanks and artillery.. Armor dies quickly if faced with dug in infantry with out infantry and like support. The fun of blind spots.. Especially in urban places.. IED aka mines and like means.. not a new thing, just upgraded Channelizing the enemy into places of your choice of when you attack, and how you attack.. Strikers are air moble, so you send it SEAL to Airborne to take an air strip or port, and then move in air movable things like Strikers to create a foot hold and then you link up with heavy forces and move from there? So what places does Mecha play in things? Can you fly it in via an aircraft/cargo or glider or drop ship? How much can you mount on it weapons wise? How easy is it to see or fix? Maneuverable in many environements? Jungle to open plains to mountains and forests? Easy to hide and conceal for ambuses? Deal with said ambuses? Active camoflage, or what? How to get it to/from the battle site, unless its like Stalingrad and you roll the mecha off the line into battle? Fix it and keep it running? Train people to operate it? Cost vs effectiveness? How much does it cost to design, make and maintain one? versus cheaper? Mecha or power armor? Power armor is armor on a frame that a soldier wears that provided extra power so that the soldier can carry the 100+ pounds of gear, ammo, and other fun stuff.. Support staff, mehanics to people who can get a operaor out of the armor if/when hurt? What is in a mecha that makes it even better? Like medical info? Blue For so you can tell who is who and not shoot a "friend" and what else? Training of the command and leadership in how to use a Mecha and now use it just like infantry or what? Yes, US Tanks was badly designed and used by command in WW2 the early years, cause many just saw it as a infantry support artillery.. How to get a mecha across ground that has been pounded by artillery/aircraft? an Arclight or like bombing? Mike _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
