----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Koester" <kkoester at email.ers.usda.gov> To: <Dragaera at dragaera.info> Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 3:27 PM Subject: Re: High Tech vs. the Orb WAS Re: the honing of Vlad > Jeff G. wrote: > > >>They are bazooka (well, panzerfaust) descendents, definitely. They're > >>meant to tackle armor & to a lesser extent, structures. They aren't the > >>best antipersonnel weapons. > >> > >>Snarkhunter > >> > >> > >> > >> > >Change that to light armor and unarmored vehicles. Most of the simple to > >operate, man portable weapons won't do much more than inform a tank driver > >of your exact location. And as they would be of limited effectiveness in > >this sort of campaign anyway, I think we can disregard them. A Mark 19, on > >the other hand, would do nicely. > > > > > > > Yes, I was writing hastily & meant "armor" in the widest sense, but not > really thinking of MBTs. Mark 19 sounds good, not terribly portable though? > > I wonder if there is a sorcerous shaped charge spell? > > Snarkhunter > Depends on who you ask. Most of the Marines I know would happily drag one of those monsters anywhere, as long as they were allowed to shoot it at something when they got there. Jeff -prefers to be dropped of by a vehicle to walking to a fight.