Vehicle Designs: "This Isn't Right -- This Isn't Even Wrong..."

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Originally Posted by syncrogt1

[...] I would argue that turret mounting an ATG would simply rip the turret from the body of the vehicle regardless of firing arc. The recoil would be horrible.

Being a Military Historian by training: I did look up "what happens a Really Big Gun is mounted to a frame which wasn't designed for it". My personal favorite example being the infamous B-25 bombers with the 75mm cannons attached; apparently, after three rounds were fired, the cannon had to be dismounted, and the attachment points rebuilt. So I went with "the ATG is mounted well enough that the recoil has to go *somewhere*, that 'somewhere' being 'the contact patches of the tires'; so if the ATG is fired to the side, it causes the car to lose contact with the ground, and completely ruin the driver's day". :)

Side notes:

I found pics of a motorcycle with a sidecar either side, but I can't post pics of it here.

After sillywalking through the _GTA_ designs: I think there may have been some confusion between the sidecars -- the "Light sidecar" designs can be made, but only if one uses a Heavy sidecar and leaves one space unused.