tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2225875593099728358.post4217378213274908360..comments2024-03-24T11:56:12.455+00:00Comments on DROPSHIP HORIZON: The SAW DebateMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13835446049246785287noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2225875593099728358.post-62334517967630190942011-05-23T14:05:59.334+01:002011-05-23T14:05:59.334+01:00LOL...I'll do that!
BrianLOL...I'll do that!<br /><br />BrianSgt. Aponehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10737655188248125757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2225875593099728358.post-32986546132015217902011-05-23T08:59:56.977+01:002011-05-23T08:59:56.977+01:00Maybe we should call it "thinking outside the...Maybe we should call it "thinking outside the pack".<br /><br />MarkMarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13835446049246785287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2225875593099728358.post-32329425268301188542011-05-22T23:15:28.576+01:002011-05-22T23:15:28.576+01:00Hey,
Nice post...This sort of thinking helps me a...Hey,<br /><br />Nice post...This sort of thinking helps me a lot, especially since my OCD kicks in and I feel that every single squad MUST have a Team Leader, Rifleman with UGL, Rifleman, and SAW gunner. It gets quite frustrating seeing figure lines released without the above mentioned support weapons...HOWEVER, I have to say THANKS! I wasn't thinking "outside" the box as you say! <br /><br />I'll give it some more thought..this also means I can order some minis that I was waiting to be developed further!<br /><br />Thanks!<br />BrianSgt. Aponehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10737655188248125757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2225875593099728358.post-74966805457630534222011-05-22T01:12:43.610+01:002011-05-22T01:12:43.610+01:00Eli, I'm pleased to see I'm not the only o...Eli, I'm pleased to see I'm not the only one drawing inspiration from Alien Legion, heh.PMMDJhttp://cheetahmaster.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2225875593099728358.post-43714237186967494492011-05-22T00:09:58.101+01:002011-05-22T00:09:58.101+01:00The organization I'm using for my Terran Confe...The organization I'm using for my Terran Confederation the squad is a four-person rifle team and one of the GZG spider drones as the "weapons team."<br /><br />I'll have a weapons squad with four SAW teams as the fourth squad in the platoon and an HQ section with the PL, PSG, and RTO (and a rifleman if I have enough to round out the section, need to recount my figures).<br /><br />I think having the drone as the weapons section makes perfect sense as IMHO a squad leader would have no problem sending an armed drone into an advantageous position that would place a human weapons team in more danger. That and the drone would probably be able to carry more ammo that the assistant gunner would (or batteries as the case may be).Sergeant Crunchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18037653763946181346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2225875593099728358.post-48381429686569263842011-05-21T17:04:49.152+01:002011-05-21T17:04:49.152+01:00While we can count on military technology to chang...While we can count on military technology to change over the coming centuries (and frankly, it will probably change in ways and to a degree that none of us can imagine), we can count on one thing to remain constant: When it comes to armaments, cheap is good. This is especially true in developing nations that don't have much cash to begin with. For this reason alone, I believe mortars will be with us for a long, long time indeed. It just doesn't get much cheaper than a mortar tube.<br /><br />Add the versatility of the mortar to its cheapness and you've got a wonder weapon!<br /><br />In the future, wealthier countries will probably have all sorts of amazing munitions they can deliver by mortar tube - sensor clouds, ECM particulates, low trajectory rounds, etc. Spending money on munitions that can be delivered by a cheap weapon system is alway gives bean counters a warm, fuzzy feeling.<br /><br />On the main subject, though - Right there with you Mark! The US Army orgs in the upcoming TW book make extensive use of 'bots to keep human casualties down. The Japanese, who in our future setting are even more casualty averse than the US, field forces almost entirely composed of 'bots and 'synthetics.'<br /><br />It only makes sense. The USAF already has plans to remove human pilots from all combat aircraft within our lifetime. The remote operations were considered during the Stryker's development. Robotic MULEs and gun platforms are in development or in field testing today. UAVs are all the rage. It seems clear that 'bots of varying degrees of autonomy are a sure thing in the future.Shawn Carpenterhttp://www.ambushalleygames.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2225875593099728358.post-43942834145401281742011-05-21T16:15:49.930+01:002011-05-21T16:15:49.930+01:00In the past I've considered the use of drones ...In the past I've considered the use of drones in various capacities. Ever since I read an issue of Alien Legion and say them moving through the jungle with a "point bot", I thought I wanted a unit sometime with such a thing.<br /><br />Up until recently, there weren't many minis to support this so the point bots ended up being things like beads on a wire flight stand or a converted model bit.<br /><br />-EliEli Arndthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10445801567500822187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2225875593099728358.post-54504567531170315402011-05-21T14:21:06.464+01:002011-05-21T14:21:06.464+01:00Heya
Been eyeing up some of these beauties for a ...Heya<br /><br />Been eyeing up some of these beauties for a while an now the shop is back online they'll be getting an order soon. Spider drones 15mm for 28mm squad support, automated sentry guns.<br /><br />Human element... mechanic, operator and most importantly even future weapons will jam or need ammo reloads.... how does a drone do that?? Another drone or a multipurpose cheap as chips squaddie!!!<br /><br />While SAW's or LSW's etc may be interesting they eat ammo which needs to be carried/reloaded no matter how high-tech which means you still need enough section members or a utility mule to share out the load distribution.<br /><br />Logistic resupply and maintainence also gets more interesting the more types of weaponary available especially if they're high tech. sometimes the most relaible weapons are the simple single function single purpose weapons that even the greenest grunt can make work when crawlin in the mud.<br /><br />The mortar still has a place, so does the shotgun and the pistol, each fulfils a specific role that while others may duplicate will never do as well. Modern mortars and future mortars will have tech advances even if its something simple like delayaed drop on the shell so the firers have a chance to relocate before being counter-shelled. Or perhaps more realistically because they're cheaper!<br /><br />Happy musings.Qalphahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11085737521096148834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2225875593099728358.post-77424482592713007972011-05-21T13:58:08.156+01:002011-05-21T13:58:08.156+01:00I've been entertaining some of these same thou...I've been entertaining some of these same thoughts lately. Particularly I've been looking to add an armed drone to each of my 4-5 man fire teams in my main human armies. While some of those do already have heavy weapons support, I really like the idea of the gun drone or 'bot.<br /><br />I think the weapon that bothers me the most in sci-fi lines is the mortar. Do we really expect that, with the likely advances in UAVs, air-burst rifle munitions, smaller and more precise guided munitions from vehicles, etc. that we're going to need the same short-range siege weapon that we've used since 1915? <br /><br />The only way I can justify a "mortar" in sci-fi gaming is using that model as a launcher for something like the Switchblade smart weapon system:<br />http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/military/planes-uavs/5-weapons-systems-to-reduce-collateral-damage-switchblade-uas#fbIndex5<br /><br />ChrisBasement Gaming Bunkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10911750626360724788noreply@blogger.com