Re: Support Vehicle Question [TANKS]

[JOHN PITTELLI <jplily-at-yahoo.com>]

Morgan,
        During the last few battles, the UN vehicle
was declared an armored car, but having no weapon was
used to haul supllies. As such , it was given the 2
hit kill rating of the armored car group.
    
John P.
    
--- Marmfam3-at-aol.com wrote:

> I am confused...I thought support vehicles were one
> hit kills (it is vague in 
> the rules about this) and in an earlier email Frank
> you said
> 
>
http://www.rctankcombat.com/archive/2004-07/msg00162.html
> 
>  ----Original Message Follows---- From: Frank
> Pittelli 
> <frank-at-rctankcombat.com> Reply-To:
> tanks-at-rctankcombat.com To:
> tanks-at-rctankcombat.com 
> Subject: Re: T34 Alternatives Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004
> 22:43:18 -0400 JOHN PITTELLI 
> wrote: >Besides, you'll be the toughest to kill
> >ammo hauler since you're a tank 
> chassis. Guess we >should check that with the
> rulesmeister first. What 's 
> >the word Frank? It all depends on which side he's
> battling or how much cash he 
> has ;-) Actually, by definition, all support
> vehicles are destroyed by a single 
> shot. But, that doesn't mean he won't have fun
> anyway. Marty Hayes holds the 
> record number of supply runs in a battle at 17 ...
> with a reliable tracked 
> vehicle and some hard work, Amir could shatter that
> record (or die trying ;-) To 
> answer your original question: there were plenty of
> T34 chassis' running 
> around during the war as bull-dozers, mine-sweepers,
> and other utility vehicles. 
> So, if you get it running, by all means put it on
> the battlefield and we'll find 
> a purpose for it. (And, if you're still craving some
> "historical" reference, 
> I'm sure one of our resident history buffs or google
> experts can also find a 
> photo of a turret-less T34 that was still
> operational.) Frank P. 
> 
> So what's the ruling?
> 
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>                                                     
>          Morgan
> 
> In a message dated 2/28/2005 5:48:03 PM Eastern
> Standard Time, 
> frank-at-rctankcombat.com writes:
> John Barager wrote:
> > I got's a question regarding support vehicles.
> > Does armor really make any difference?
> > I mean, would it be good to have a support vehicle
> with a high armor 
> > rating in a battle?
> > 
> 
> Sure it helps.  Getting hit by only one shot is a
> lot easier than 
> getting hit by two or more shots.  I know that
> Mike's UN vehicle drove 
> around numerous times with one hit on it, being a
> little more cautious 
> because he only had one more hit before having to
> return to home base.
> 
> Granted, if a bad guy is within 10 feet of you, it
> will probably destroy 
> you in short order ... but at 75 feet, it's much
> more difficult to score 
> multiple hits in rapid succession, especially if one
> or both vehicles 
> are moving (which is highly recommended for supply
> vehicles :-)
> 
>     Frank P.
> 



                
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