| From: | Gurth <gurth@******.NL> |
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| Subject: | Stonewall MBT (was Re: Southerner's Rant) |
| Date: | Sat, 18 Jul 1998 12:13:59 +0100 |
> Okay the World Military Power that is the primary source of my military
> knowledge lists some Light Tanks (and even some Engineer vehicles!) in
> the Main Battle Tank section ... and my memory was fuzzy besides that as
> well ... The specific tank I was thinking of was US, not Swiss :/
The Cadillac-Gage Stingray (or whatever it's called)?
> >I've always looked at the GMC Banshee as something like the
> >American M2 and M3 Bradley Fighting Vehicles.
>
> I can see that ... though I think I had the idea of an under-armored,
> heavily armed troop carrier ... odd ... judging from the pic (which I
> hope is inaccurate), the Banshee's designers expected that it'd be
> shooting at things -BEHIND- it more often than not ... (rear AA-turret
> mount the heavy guns; turret with missles can swivel to shoot, front
> rear, and sides; and a front mount MMG ... Perhaps that's what the side
> Hardpoints are for :) ... VERY odd, IMO ...
You have to remember FASA doesn't appear to know much about
these things, they just go with what looks good :)
> you know now that I look over the stats ... I don't know where
> I got the troop carrier function from ...
The RBB lists it as having a cargo compartment used for carrying
troops. *reads RBB* The Support variant makes mention of
folding benches for four passengers.
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