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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: London, UK
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I remembered something from ADQ&A 4/4 (I think) , about Mini Rocket Platforms can ONLY mount Light Rockets or Mini Rockets , and not Medium , Heavy or Super Rockets (let alone Artillery Rockets ...) .
Mini Rocket Platforms - $75 , 50lbs , holds 1 Space of Rockets - were introduced in ADQ Volume 4 , Number 3 (Page 6 , so Uncle Albert's ?) . I had my copy ADQ 4/4 stolen in the early 1990s , so can't refer to it & never saw the original item . Only time I recall the Mini Rocket Platform being used is the Subcompact in ADQ 4/4 (the Starhawk ? Page 39) , which mounted two linked Laser Guided/Unguided Light Rockets on the Platform . None of the CWCs or UACFH ever alluded to this restriction again . I wonder if it was quitely dropped , like the 'Matching Weight' Rule mentioned for Side Sponson Turrets in in ADQ 9/3 ... and never brought up again ? Any information or feedback welcomed guys .
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Join Date: Dec 2007
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I just looked up the entry in _Uncle Al's Catalog 2038_; it does state "only 1/3- or 1/2 space rockets due to structural limitations" there. It appears to have been deleted in blue-cover _Compendium_.
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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Thank you ! Someone wanted to mount an Artillery Rocket on a Light Trike ATV & we were discussing why it was probably 'A Bad Idea' ! Lol Guess we'll Rule this as unfeasible to that Player ...
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Join Date: Feb 2011
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They could mount it...But the story blank and blue or something with the effect of mounting 3 autocannons to a rocket platform.....You can do it...But will rip the roof after the first or 2nd shot.
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Join Date: Dec 2007
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I'd have to look again, but: I'm not sure Rocket Platforms can use Rocket [Extra] Magazines; so having a 1-sp. rocket on a 1-sp. platform seems a tad inefficient.
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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Turrets (of course) can use them & after the UACFH Rule Change , so can Rockets in Standard EWPs .
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Join Date: Jun 2008
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I only ever went AP mini-rockets on these anyway. Rockets are so inaccurate you need a volley. 3 chances of 1d isn't a lot, but it flattens the probability curve.
Alternatively non-AP can make a reasonably effective anti-pedestrian weapon since you only need to get close and hitting the ground is far easier than hitting the ped (+4 vs -3 or worse). I am not sure what difference it would make structurally, there is no recoil and the inertia of swinging round a single MR at 50lb vs 2 x LR at 25lb each is the same. Just more exceptions to make complications so dropping the restriction is hardly a game breaker. |
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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Or even two linked Incendiary Light Rockets at 37.5lbs each = 75lbs Vs Medium Rocket of 50lbs ... Some one used a SAM on a Mini Rocket Platform on one design , that was shown to me yesterday . In General Play - and if it was the only Anti Air Weaponry you had on that Vehicle - it's probably fine . To routinely arm Light Trike ATVs with lethal Armoured Car crippling Artillery Rockets , then no it's not ... Combat Garage build engine lets you stick any Rocket on the Mini Platform , which muddies the waters even more unfortunately ...
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Join Date: Dec 2007
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As to "Light Trikes with Artillery Rockets": It's like the joke about the guy who drinks nitroglycerin for his stage act. "That's a great trick!" "Yeah -- but I can only do it *once*!"
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Join Date: Jun 2008
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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. Last edited by swordtart; 10-12-2023 at 09:17 AM. |
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