RE: Sv: [NetEpic ML] Additional suggestion for LR Crusader

From: <jyrki.saari_at_...>
Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 08:50:01 +0300

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> As a second note...we do not need to improve the crusader's assault
> abilities. Its not an assault tank. Its a siege tank.
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> Its designed for close in fighting, urban combat and such,
> NOT as an assault
> transport.
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> Go read the bit of fluff in Codex Armageddon again :)
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You mean this: "Land raider Crusader was developed by the Black Templars during the Jerulas Crusade, to aid them in the numerous sieges which they had to fight in order to reconquer the hive world".

Yeah, I read that, but I also read the next part: "The Crusader is designed to _smash_ into the enemy lines, disgorging the Space Marines into the _heart_ of their adversaries. Its numerous short-ranged weapons allow the Crusader to weaken the enemy _before_ the assault is launched and to provide _a torrent of firepower_ to support its cargo once they are in combat." (emphasis mine)

If that is not an assault transport, then what is? Siege tank is a different thing altogether, designed to destroy enemy fortifications. Vindicator is a siege tank, as is Bombard. Crusader carries no bunker busting weaponry. It is intended to transport infantry into the midst of the enemy, eg. it is an assault transport.

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Jyrki Saari

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Received on Wed May 22 2002 - 05:50:01 UTC