These are great write ups are great my only issue is that the battledress all looks the same. There’s no physical difference between the Light and the Heavy, it’s kind of like sticking a V8 and a 4 cylinder version of the same car next to one another and asking people on the street to tell the difference without opening the hood. Now if you put a Fiat500 next to a Corvette and ask people to tell the difference it’s pretty easy.
I also agree with Uxi’s thought that they’re unlikely to have movable heads after you get out of the light dress. The neck is a serious weakness as is that great silly thing sticking out the back of the head. That’s a point of leverage that people will exploit.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o7Z0t_j9ytg/TVY9jn0X6mI/AAAAAAAAAEs/2b4wtb7nhoQ/s1600/Merkava-3-latrun-4.jpg
I used to work with a guy who was an Israeli tanker back in the 80’s. So what’s up with the balls and chains, turns out if you get an RPG in that little gap, which isn’t nearly as hard as it sounds, you can pop the turret right off the tank.
http://www.digitalrenegade.net/download/p_vehicles/2002/P8030004.jpg
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/a/img703/2918/boohoohoo.jpg
Same thing with these, the stock version of the M60 Patton has that little cupola up on the top of the main turret, the IDF version has removed that turret. Same reason. If you get a round in there you can pop the cupola off which effectively cuts the tank commander in half. You can figure out where the lower half of him goes.
From: [] On Behalf Of David Jaques-Watson
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 3:15 AM
To:
Subject: [Traveller_TNE] Re: Battledress history
Dear Folks -
Derek wrote:
>Battle dress would likely come in 3 versions as well light, medium, heavy
Light:
http://members.tip.net.au/~davidjw/tavspecs/menelvag/fwdobsbd.pdf
Medium:
http://members.tip.net.au/~davidjw/tavspecs/menelvag/basicbd.pdf
http://members.tip.net.au/~davidjw/tavspecs/menelvag/comcavbd.pdf
Arse-kicking-heavy (aka "RUN! No, it's too late, the Marines are here!"):
http://members.tip.net.au/~davidjw/tavspecs/menelvag/impmarbd.pdf
;-)
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David "Hyphen" Jaques-Watson ..at.. Beowulf Down (Tavonni/Vilis/SM 1520)
http://www.tip.net.au/~davidjw
"I file things in historical order, with a hashing algorithm of gravity"
I also agree with Uxi’s thought that they’re unlikely to have movable heads after you get out of the light dress. The neck is a serious weakness as is that great silly thing sticking out the back of the head. That’s a point of leverage that people will exploit.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o7Z0t_j9ytg/TVY9jn0X6mI/AAAAAAAAAEs/2b4wtb7nhoQ/s1600/Merkava-3-latrun-4.jpg
I used to work with a guy who was an Israeli tanker back in the 80’s. So what’s up with the balls and chains, turns out if you get an RPG in that little gap, which isn’t nearly as hard as it sounds, you can pop the turret right off the tank.
http://www.digitalrenegade.net/download/p_vehicles/2002/P8030004.jpg
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/a/img703/2918/boohoohoo.jpg
Same thing with these, the stock version of the M60 Patton has that little cupola up on the top of the main turret, the IDF version has removed that turret. Same reason. If you get a round in there you can pop the cupola off which effectively cuts the tank commander in half. You can figure out where the lower half of him goes.
From: [] On Behalf Of David Jaques-Watson
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 3:15 AM
To:
Subject: [Traveller_TNE] Re: Battledress history
Dear Folks -
Derek wrote:
>Battle dress would likely come in 3 versions as well light, medium, heavy
Light:
http://members.tip.net.au/~davidjw/tavspecs/menelvag/fwdobsbd.pdf
Medium:
http://members.tip.net.au/~davidjw/tavspecs/menelvag/basicbd.pdf
http://members.tip.net.au/~davidjw/tavspecs/menelvag/comcavbd.pdf
Arse-kicking-heavy (aka "RUN! No, it's too late, the Marines are here!"):
http://members.tip.net.au/~davidjw/tavspecs/menelvag/impmarbd.pdf
;-)
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David "Hyphen" Jaques-Watson ..at.. Beowulf Down (Tavonni/Vilis/SM 1520)
http://www.tip.net.au/~davidjw
"I file things in historical order, with a hashing algorithm of gravity"