Re: Future Warfare
In reply to #3597 Future Warfare by Robert S. Dean
> > In fact, the M1 Abrams is essentially invulnerable to hand held anti-tank > > weapons. So is the British Challenger, I am given to understand. > > Yes, and it can be worse in Traveller, since I can arrange things so that > the M-1 equivalent is armored all-around, instead of mostly in the front. Which will invalidate both the advantages of good tactics (catching the tank from a less protected side) and innovative weapons (that strike the tank in a location where the armor in thin, like roof, bottom or rear). Didn't you do a MT M1A1 equivalent? How much did it weigh and how much armour did it have? > Rob Dean - -bertil- - -- "It can be shown that for any nutty theory, beyond-the-fringe political view or strange religion there exists a proponent on the Net. The proof is left as an exercise for your kill-file."