Mini Rocket Platforms : Only Light or Mini Rockets ?

[Racer]

Originally Posted by swordtart

Not sure why you would put artillery rockets in a turret at all let alone a trike which has the best arc of fire of all the vehicle types, effectively a built in Sponson on each side.

The main benefit of a turret is the ability to target in any arc. Side mount them in a trike and you get the front and a side arc and can mount more than one. Link side arcs and you can volley to the front arc. In a light trike you should be able to get 2 per side and a volley of 4 (assuming you can stand the weight).

If you are tank hunting then you usually get to chose the attack vector so having a 360 degree turret isn't really a requirement.

The real issue is you are playing with CW Tanks equipment in your game. I trust you are following the artillery rules from that rules set (-2 to hit unless launch vehicle is stationary and has recoil spades set) or are you just using the equipment from UACFH.

A single Artillery tube in a field carriage is also fairly efficient.

Equally a single SAM on a rocket platform or otherwise is also hardly the last word in air defence. I haven't seen any air vehicle that can be seriously affected by a 4d weapon and the SAM still needs very short range for it to hit unless you are using lots of targeting electronics. If you are spending that much sustained fire with a MG would do you more good, which makes the Rocket Platform self limiting.

Reading a bit more closely, the Rocket Platform says single shot Rockets. I always took that to mean those items listed as single shot in the Rocket part of the weapons section. WGM, RGM and SAM specifically state they can be used with a Rocket Platform, Artillery Rockets don't so I would rule they cannot be put on the RP regardless of the size of the RP.

Oh I mostly agree .
Thinks the Artillery PIECES that need the Recoil Spades rather than the Artillery Rockets though . I hardly think a 50mm Artillery Piece would require either ?

Various Designs on the NOVA pages have Artillery Rocket in Rocket Magazines , but none there have them on Rocket Platforms that I seen .

More of a case of 'laughing boy' pushing his luck & us more experienced hands giving reasons to say a firm No to his mad ideas .

An Off-Road Compact with 3 Artillery Rockets is probably a better idea anyway . Or a stationary Mini-Van Trailer .

The Artillery Rules aren't the best really , requiring a Spotter :
What happens when you want to bombard a set of coordinates on a Map & don't bother with a Spotter ? Just unless a load of Shrapnel Shells , Mortars and ICM Rounds and just blanket an Area ?? Also Artillery Rockets could be used and many launched at once , like footage of those old Russian ones from WWII .

I'm away from my books , but this is really covered iirc and lead to shells going all over the place ...