On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 6:06 PM, Onno Meyer <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, but is that enough to explain a factor of four?
You can't see nearly as well from inside a tank. It's much harder to acquire and retain situational awareness. That's the commander's job. There's a lot more stuff on the ground to run into, fall into, or get stuck in. Avoiding that is the driver's job. He can't see all that well. Shooting stuff is the gunner's job. He has a pretty accurate, but unquided weapon, and opposition who have things to hide behind. He can't see all that well. The loader is the guy who's theoretically replaceable by mechanisation, and the Soviets did that. The Western powers have mostly chosen not to go that way. Given that the interior of a tank is inevitably cramped, because making the vehicle smaller is advantageous, I think I'd prefer not to share the space with a mechanical loader that works quickly, because it will remove any fingers that I leave in the wrong place, and may well bash me in the head if I'm out of position. None of these guys are selected as fiercely as fighter pilots, or get nearly so much spent on their training. John _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
