Aaron Day wrote:
> Sure they would. A Space Marine chapter is a pathetically small
> military
> organization and would normally be fighting against overwhelming odds.
>
> 1000 chapters with 1000 men is 1 million men. In WWII, on the east
> front, the russians lost 20 times that number. The entire Ultramarine
> chapter would have been crushed by the Red Army.
>
In one afternoon, with out raising a sweat. 1,000 men? That's an
undersized brigade.
> Also, the drivers for all the SM vehicles are space marines themselves
>
> and so count against the 100 men/company limit. You wouldn't be able
> to
> field 20 stands from one company if you had Rhino's or Land Raiders
> transporting them as some of those stands would be in the vehicles.
>
Ah, the C:UM says that they are assigned from the armor companies to the
captains of the infantry companies. Therefore they don't count vs 100
men.
>
>
> Hopefully a minor rule change to inprove the balance of the game. I
> currently support 1 fp vs infantry and must shoot at closest vehicle
> otherwise.
>
Why? Aside from the fact that WH40K does the "closest vehicle" thing?
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Received on Fri Jul 10 1998 - 19:20:55 UTC