--- On Sat, 7/9/11, Onno Meyer <[email protected]> wrote: > Brandon wrote: > > A battlesuit platoon, the largest unit deployed that > contains only > > battlesuits. is organized as follows: three squads, > each with seven infantry suits > > and one assault suit. The HQ section contains two > command suits (platoon > > commander and senior NCO), two flak suits, one recon > suit and one combat > > engineer suit. Total platoon strength is 30 > battlesuits. > > I guess people were working the battlesuit doctrine out as > they > went along, unless the aliens gave them field manuals, too.
Yes. Very little assistance. > In the historical US infantry squad, there were two scouts, > so > perhaps there should be two scouts per battlesuit platoon. > And > the engineer suits could come in squad strength in engineer > companies. In theory, yes. But I decided for game purposes I'd like to have all suit types represented in a single platoon. > > Dissatisfaction with > > the assault suit led to it being replaced with old > flak suits in each > > squad, while the HQ section recieved the newer flak > suits. > > The extra armor wasn't useful? It could make a crucial > difference > when the enemy has AP rifle or MMG rounds. The suit was also about half a mile per hour slower and not that much better armed. > > A battlesuit company > > has several 6x6 cargo trucks (p.W107), for support > personnel and various > > equipment and supplies, as well as a few Jeeps. > > To support each platoon of 30 suits, you need perhaps 15 to > 20 > cargo trucks (two suits per truck, plus some extras), a > couple > of workshop trucks, and perhaps a few jeeps for command and > control. Originally, I thought about them being carried on reinforced flatbed trailers, perhaps 3-5 a trailer. I ended up deciding to just have them walk unless they really had to be moved quickly. > > It was originally intended to > > field one platoon of battlesuits per infantry > battalion as "shock troops", > > but the actual ratio was closer to one per regiment. > > So platoons are deployed independently? No, they are part of their battalion, but rather than every battalion getting one, only one in three battalions got a battlesuit platoon. > > All the suits, except for the recon and engineering, > have a hardpoint for > > a weapon pod on the left shoulder. Most suits have > their hardpoints > > unloaded; usually in a squad only one suit will mount > an MG pod and one will mount > > triple rocket tubes. > > Are the pods slowing them down significantly, or why employ > suits without pods? Extra cost. A gun pod costs from $700 to $1200 each. > > Weaponry > > 2xGround LMGs/M-1919A4 Browning [RArm:F, LArm:F] (250 > each). > > As for the airborne suits, the ratio of weapons and ammo > feels > wrong. Why not one MG with 1,000 rounds? Same weight, twice > > the total ammo. Or are the twin weapons required for > cinematic > reasons? I wanted symmetrical arms, which I only broke with the engineering suit (and even then both arms are of equal volume). Brandon _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
