[NetEpic ML] Re: [v5.0] New Imperial units

From: mjwallis16 <mjwallis_at_...>
Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 02:01:32 -0000

As far as sea-borne transport, there is an article in Undersea
Warfare Magazine (Fall 2001, US Navy publication) which outlines a
number of designs that the former Soviet Navy created during and after
WWII for Submarine LSTs. The largest diesel version could carry 745
troops (a full Soviet Infantry Battalion), 10 T-34s, 12 trucks, 12
towed artillery pieces, and 3 medium fighters (launched from a
catapult rail on the deck). They also went as far as to lay down a
prototype nuclear version which was never completed.

The US Navy planned a Submarine LST which would have carried 2,240
Marines and land them using "flying platforms" (LCACs), but it never
got off the drawing board.

Could be interesting units, in general and for specific scenarios.

Mike Wallis

--- In netepic_at_y..., "Sam Dale" <epic_at_l...> wrote:
>
>
> > IG should have a Bike Company, without them they lack decent
mobile CC
> > units for taking objectives, (rough riders are too slow),
>
> IG ain't meant to have rapid CC units. But, the bikes do need to
stay. Your
> other option is mechanised units in Gorgons and Chimeras.
>
> I'd actually love to have a play with airbourne IG at some point.
Crappy
> transports, low grade troops, but speed to put em in useful places.
And then
> there's the seabourne an all.
>
> On the discussion of airbourne units, would the Epic 40k system be
workable?
> Bombers, transports and fighters fly onto the table during the
movement to
> the place they want to attack from, drop their troops, bombs or do
their
> strafe runs from that postition with AA able to fire at them first,
then
> remove em next movement phase as they overfly the field or at the
end of
> firing as they dustoff and leave (transports being more vulnerable
to being
> caught as they do their thing). Let em do it again next turn. They
provide
> fire every other turn whilst not hanging around. And you get to use
the
> models. Maybe allow the fighters to engage in dogfights off table
of
to
> intercept units as they come in on missions.
>
> Sam.
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