On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 3:19 AM CST Onno Meyer wrote:
>Brandon replied to me: >> If battlesuits are that well integrated into anninfantry unit, they >> really should be considered an organic part of it. > >I'm thinking of the way TOW platoons are handled today. Not part >of the maneuver companies, but an organic part of each battalion. Sure, but TOW platoons have been around for 40 years. How were they handled early on? >> >Each suit gets a pilot and a truck driver/mechanic. The HQ gets >> >a truck driver, the platoon sergeant, an armorer, and three commo >> >guys to talk to the supported unit(s) and the suits. >> >> I think you could get by with one driver and on mechanic per 3 suits. >> Three commo guys sounds a bit much; I'd drop it to one. > >Right now I have light trucks -- a kind of next-generation HMMWV >with one suit each, so each suit needs a driver/mechanic. Saving >one guy for every three suits would mean a larger vehicle, like >a deuce-and-a-half or MRAP variant. If you are going to have a one-suit vehicle, why not a very heavy motorcycle that *only* carries the battlesuit? Support could be carried in a HMMWV or two. Brandon _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
