>For instance in the beginning of WWII they where unable to make a gun that
>could both fire a low velocity high explosive and a high velocity
>armourpiercing shell. Yet there was clearly a need for both. Two different
>solutions arised, the americans chose to add two guns to their armour
>units,
>a highexplosive hulmountet gun( With a very limited fire arc), and turret
>mounted a armourpiercing gun (The Lee, and the Grant). The Germans mountet
>their Panzer III with either a short barreled low velocity gun or with a
>longer high velocity armour piercing gun, and combining both in a unit.
>
>So if you are going to take all such considerations into account, then
>you'll end up with a never ending armylist!!! + You'd have to have enormus
>knowledge on the subject.....
>
General assumptions on the average firepower of each unit against infantry
and armor is fine.
Similarly, taking differences between the StG 44 and FG 42 (both early
assault rifles) into account is a bit too much for an Epic scale wargame
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Received on Mon Sep 04 2000 - 10:59:02 UTC