Pt. Defense Targetting?

>>I assume that the PA-11 automatically has PDT (Pt. Def. Targetting) and
>>the one add-on mentioned is for the autocannon.  Anyway, how does this
>>get used in vehicle combat?  Does the tank gunner give up a shot at a
>>target during a combat round, and elect to use PDT to eliminate incoming
>>rounds instead?  Or does PDT automatically provide some kind of defensive
>>DM for the tank and no explicit crew action is required?
>
>In Striker, the weapon used as for PD(point defense) is dedicated for
>that combat round.  So it is used against any incoming rounds and can not
>be used for attacking a target.

OK, this is fine.  However, I still don't understand how this translates
into game mechanics.  Given the same grav-tank (w/ PA-ll and 3 cm. AutoCan),
can I simply say that, in a given combat round, the Autocannon will be used
for PDT and assume that it shoots down ALL incoming projectiles 100%?  If
so, then this is way too powerful.  I mean, what's to prevent you (the gunner)
from treating your enemies grav-tank as a PDT target and eliminating the 'To
Hit' round all together?

>>Second question: where does the 3 cm Auto-Cannon come from?
>
>Q2: answer:
>  I have looked at the MT rules breifly and seen what looks like alot of
>tables and stuff based on Striker, so I going by that....
>In Striker the smallest size gun (Auto cannon, Mass driver, etc) you can
>make has a 2cm bore.  The Sword Worlds Gram Grav tank, I think (haven't
>looked in the Striker rules for a while) is included in the Striker
>Rules.

What would the MT combat stats. for the 2 cm. and 3 cm. AutoCannon be?

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A few week ago, I posted the following question about vehicle combats and
Point Defense Targetting:

> According to the specs. for the Sword Worlds TL11 Gram grav-tank (inside
> cover, "101 Vehicles"), it has a "TL11 Point Defense".  This is listed in
> the MT Ref.  Man. as:
>         "  Point defense targetting allows the weapon to fire at incoming
>          missiles and projectiles.  Hardpoint mounted weapons automatically
>          have this capability.
>            For each direct fire weapon which must also serve in a point
>          defense capacity, install one point defense targetting module."
>
> Now, since the Gram grav-tank has the following weapons:
>                                 Pen/        Max.    Auto  Dngr
>                      Ammo Rnds. Attn Dmg    Range   Tgts  Spc  Sig  ROF
>         Plasma PA-11  -    -    44/5 20   VDist(5.1) 2     15   H   40
>         3 cm AutoCan HE   500    2   6    VLong(3.5) 4     3    M   200
>                      HEAP 500    5   4    VLong(3.5) 4     -    M   200
>                      KEAP 500    4   4    VLong(3.5) 4     -    M   200
>
> I assume that the PA-11 automatically has PTD (Pt. Def. Targetting) and
> the one add-on mentioned is for the autocannon.  Anyway, how does this
> get used in vehicle combat?  Does the tank gunner give up a shot at a
> target during a combat round, and elect to use PDT to eliminate incoming
> rounds instead?  Or does PDT automatically provide some kind of defensive
> DM for the tank and no explicit crew action is required?

I got an answer telling me that the PDT weapon can either be used for
PDT or standard combat in any given round, but not both.  What I still
need to know is: If the weapon is used from PDT, does in automatically
succeed?  Isn't there a roll for TOTAL/PARTIAL/NO success?  If it auto-
matically succeeds, then it seems way too powerful to me.

What's the straight scoop, guys?

Regards,

        Mark F. Cook

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