Re: ONTOS [TANKS]

["Peter Arundel" <pureteenlard-at-hotmail.com>]

I wondered if it might be possible to stick a paintball on the nose of a 
'nerf', foam rocket for fin-stabilised long-range sniping fun.
Discounted it as too difficult to make a multiple launcher reliably and 
safely.

Pete.


>From: Mike Lyons <mxlyons-at-cox.net>
>Reply-To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
>To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
>CC: "Aahz." <ErickKilmer-at-comcast.net>
>Subject: Re: ONTOS [TANKS]
>Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 15:13:06 -0400
>
>From prior correspondence with the Rt. Hon. Justice Francis Pitelli, it is 
>my understanding that Rule III.2.a was designed to apply to tanks with 
>multiple guns, such as the WWI-era British Mark I (see 
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_I_%28tank%29 ).  You could mount 2 
>markers in a Mark I, as long as only one of them fired at a time.
>
>The Ontos could be classified as a tracked-hull-mounted multiple-rifle 
>system, since the rifles are external to the hull and need to be reloaded 
>from outside.
>
>My discussion with Frank arose as I am in the design stage for a multiple 
>launch rocket system.  If considered a rocket launcher, such a system would 
>need a single-shot, muzzle-loaded marker per launch tube.  Until RCTC 
>technology advances, this is probably impractical.  Since my vehicle is 
>wheeled, it would be considered an armored car and allowed 20 rounds.  I 
>plan to mount a single marker in one tube and make the other faux tubes 
>just for show.
>
>(If I ever work out how to pack multiple single-shot tubes into a tiny 
>space, I might petition for a rules update.  I don't see it happening any 
>time soon, since it's hard enough getting anything into a wheeled chassis.)
>
>The Ontos rifles are not rockets, but not quite typical tank rounds either. 
>  But as the rules stand today, the Ontos would be considered a tank such 
>it is fully tracked and its 106 mm armament would allow 40 rounds.
>
>Regards, Mike
>
>
>---- "Aahz." <ErickKilmer-at-comcast.net> wrote:
>...
>     The rules cover multiple guns, you get all your shots but only as
>many rounds between refill as your largest gun. So yea, you could get
>six shots at a time but only some 40 rounds.
>...

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