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I sketched these out while I was working at the hotel.
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Star Army Ground Vehicles
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I sketched these out while I was working at the hotel.
Zack
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You did not just suggest modeling something on a FRENCH tank?
A tank with no turret?
A tank that requires the entire body be turned to aim?
A tank thats biggest asset is the ability to burrow into a hull down position on its own when hull down positions now make tanks sitting ducks due to modern anti-tank rounds?
A tank with no co-axil machine gun?
... A French tank!
A tank with no turret?
A tank that requires the entire body be turned to aim?
A tank thats biggest asset is the ability to burrow into a hull down position on its own when hull down positions now make tanks sitting ducks due to modern anti-tank rounds?
A tank with no co-axil machine gun?
... A French tank!
Cora
Inactive Member
I am Canadian, so by that merit alone, I'm part french. (My mother's also an acadian decendent, so it just furthers it) AQnd I don't care about it's "Drawbacks" since they can be remadies with upgrades, like adding a co-axil gun.
And besides, even with it's drawbacks, the S-Tank just looks cool.
And besides, even with it's drawbacks, the S-Tank just looks cool.
That's the older turret with the smoke launchers, 50mm mortar, 105mm cannon, and coax machine gun. The vehicle can mount a few other turrets, too, like energy weapon systems, water cannon (fire-fighting), or a missile launcher.
Fenix Harth
Inactive Member
A few things:
The S-Tank sucked and was SWISS, the french have a mixed pool of M1 abrams and chalenger2 MBT but rely more on their light takes in combat.
Second, Wheeled vechicals are a lot better than tracks because Tank tracks have to be replace constantly and have a tentency to break when shot at. For instance: a Chalenger 2 (or and abrams which has a little bit less armour) can be pumbled all day by RPG fire and it probally won't peirce the crew compartment, but that fire WILL blow off the tracks of the tank with a single close hit. The entire time my brother was in Iraq for it hated the tanks and bradlys because of all the repair and matainace it needed but he loved the stryers which are wheeled.
And another thing about the french. Their Government might not be up to war that much but their army is a very strong force to contend with.
The S-Tank sucked and was SWISS, the french have a mixed pool of M1 abrams and chalenger2 MBT but rely more on their light takes in combat.
Second, Wheeled vechicals are a lot better than tracks because Tank tracks have to be replace constantly and have a tentency to break when shot at. For instance: a Chalenger 2 (or and abrams which has a little bit less armour) can be pumbled all day by RPG fire and it probally won't peirce the crew compartment, but that fire WILL blow off the tracks of the tank with a single close hit. The entire time my brother was in Iraq for it hated the tanks and bradlys because of all the repair and matainace it needed but he loved the stryers which are wheeled.
And another thing about the french. Their Government might not be up to war that much but their army is a very strong force to contend with.
Strangelove
Inactive Member
Turretless tanks (or tank destroyers) seems more like a Nepleslian concept than Star Army. While they can generally mount bigger cannons for a cheaper price due to the lack of a turret, they also have a much poorer combat response time, since you have to move the whole tank rather than turn a turret. This makes them extremely vulnerable to infantry (let alone armour suits) or any sort of flanking tactics. In short, they're powerful, clumsy, and cheap. Definitely Nepleslian.
I'd imagine Star Army vehicles to be more high speed and high mobility, especially because they have pilots with enhanced reaction times (Neko's computer interface, genetic enhancements, ect). So wheeled vehicles would probably be the more logical choice. Though with the power and speed of armor pilots, tanks are pretty much obsolete. Unless you plan on making them super heavy mobile fortresses mounting starship-grade armour, their sluggishness will make them fodder for armour suits and therefore useless. The only exception being special roles that armour suits can't fill, like anti-structure or anti-starship bombardment, mobile supply depots, and so on.
I'd imagine Star Army vehicles to be more high speed and high mobility, especially because they have pilots with enhanced reaction times (Neko's computer interface, genetic enhancements, ect). So wheeled vehicles would probably be the more logical choice. Though with the power and speed of armor pilots, tanks are pretty much obsolete. Unless you plan on making them super heavy mobile fortresses mounting starship-grade armour, their sluggishness will make them fodder for armour suits and therefore useless. The only exception being special roles that armour suits can't fill, like anti-structure or anti-starship bombardment, mobile supply depots, and so on.
