Re: 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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