tank-mounted meson guns...

Scott:

>Ok, somebody said that the tank sized meson guns were a myth...
>
>Striker Book 3 P-39
>Meson Accelerator:  Weight=15tons, Volume=15KL, Power=250MW, Cost=10MCr
>             Crew=6, Burst=10cm
>
>Sorry, I'm not really familiar w/ Striker, maybe someone can convert
10cm
>to meters?

So it does.  Apologies for the misinformation...
That seems to pretty much render the high armour tank meaningless at
TL15+.
It also renders the whole line of discussion meaningless, since a
meson-gun armed tank ignores armour, so armour protects not at all.
Neither does NOE, since both neutrino sensors and densitometers ignore
LOS, and the meson gun does too.  So what does that leave for TL15
combat?    There is no real defense from a meson gun equipped with point
defense fire-control, and no real reason not to use one, since it avoids
the problems of fusion guns (very easy to spot and pinpoint the firing
position of a fusion gun).

Hmmm...
This will definitely require some thought to come up with an adequate
doctrine that doesn't sound like MAD.

Oh yeah... 10cm in Striker is 100 meters.

Later...

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