I thought this would be an easy question. My gut reaction is "rocket launcher". When I read through the rules, however, it's not exactly clear. RocketMan was an armored car which leads me to believe that the locomotion type (wheels, tracks, etc.) takes precedence over the armament. In that case the M270 would be a tank.
The rules are found at http://www.rctankcombat.com/rules (excerpt below). Maybe we need to interpret the rules from the 'top down'. The first category that fits your vehicle is used. Category Description Tank Any fully tracked vehicle Armored Car Any fully or partially wheeled vehicle Field Artillery Any fixed or movable piece of artillery Rocket Launcher Any movable piece of artillery which fired rocket propelled rounds from one or more tubes Infantry Any soldier carrying a hand-held rocket launcher Support Vehicle Any type of un-armed vehicle used to move equipment and supplies, including trailers From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of mac wynkoop Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2010 12:51 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TANKS] Rules for ATGM Launchers Hey everybody, been lurking for a while now and heard about the rocket thing. Anybody ever try to build an M993 M270? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M270_Multiple_Launch_Rocket_System What would that even classify into? On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 9:19 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: RocketMan was a wheeled vehicle with armament . It fell under the "Armored Car" category, not the hand held rocket launcher category. The armament type used on the actual vehicle is not significant. I like that rule, BTW. It is simple and encourages a broader selection of vehicles on the field. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clark Ward Jr" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 9:37:00 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [TANKS] Rules for ATGM Launchers I will vote for a rule change to allow wire-guided paintballs as soon as someone field tests them!! I'm pretty sure that Frank would allow them at that point, too :) I think that Rocketman has a multi-shot marker where it's TOW launcher would be in the full scale. On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 9:09 AM, Weston <[email protected]> wrote: > What are the rules for them?? I know that Rocket Launcher can have One > single-shot, muzzle-loaded paintball marker per tube, but the FV438 > Swingfire for instance can be reloaded from inside the vehicle. Also, > since they are guided missiles, what is done for the fact that the > missile will more than likely strike its target? > > -- > 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 -- Clark in Georgia -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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
