I think John was referring to if it was used as a Scorpion tank that it would get two hits and frontal immunity, but I'm sure he can clarify that. As far as I know, all supply vehicles still get one hit to kill regardless of armor rating. Clarification?
Derek T065 On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 1:21 PM, Clark Ward Jr <[email protected]> wrote: > > Technically, only a 'Tank' gets the immunity to hits from the front... > > But the defensive rating table doesn't specify which type of vehicle, > it only counts armor thickness. So, an FV103 presumably having > between 1mm and 34mm of armor, gets 2 hits. > > On 6/9/09, Doug Conn <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Is this correct ? I thought all support vehicles had a 'one hit anywhere' > > defensive rating regardless of construction. > > > > - Doug > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] > > On Behalf Of jvragu47 > > Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 9:29 AM > > To: R/C Tank Combat > > Subject: [TANKS] Re: SV015 Designated > > > > > > Nicely done. But two hits is better than one for a supply vehicle and > > you also get the frontal hit exclusion for being a tank. Looks great. > > Coming to Gettysburg? > > > > John > > > > On Jun 8, 11:25 pm, Mike Mangus <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I think the Scorpion would make a neat little tank on the RC tank > combat > > battlefield. At 1/6 scale, it would be around 34" long and 13" high at > the > > top of the turret. Armor was 25mm, which would give it only 2 hits > though. > > It's 76 mm cannon would give it the full 40 rounds. The only advantage > it > > would have is speed and modestly small size. > >> > >> Clark, you mentioned the Falklands conflict. From what I've read, it > was > > the only "tank" on the islands because of it's light weight and ability > to > > travel over soft surfaces that a modern MBT would sink into. The > Scorpion's > > ground pressure is merely 4 lbs per square inch ... less than a human > > standing on foot. > >> > >> I'll send you a set of plans as soon as I draw up a nicer set than the > > basic dimensional drawing I used. Oh, and you must finish the Sherman > > first! > >> > >> Mike > >> > >> ________________________________ > >> From: Clark Ward Jr <[email protected]> > >> To: [email protected] > >> Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2009 4:12:02 AM > >> Subject: [TANKS] Re: SV015 Designated > >> > >> I have always loved the Scorpion. Not sure why. But as I explained > >> to someone who derided it in a discussion about the Falklands/Malvinas > >> war... When you're the only TANK on the island, nobody cares if > >> you're a LIGHT tank or not! You're a TANK! > >> > >> Mike, ole buddy, you need to email me the plans/measurements AFTER i > >> get the Sherman built. :) > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Clark in Georgia > M4 Sherman > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
