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Neal,
More and more it sounds like we are not as far apart as it at first seemed.
| Quote (nealhunt @ 20 2003 Aug.,08:13) | | I generally think of "eggshells wielding sledgehammers" when I hear the term "weapons platform." To me, that term puts the emphasis on firepower over armor. I think of Cobra and Apache choppers, as opposed to Hinds, which I mentally classify as flying armor. |
Interesting how we each hear the same word and think of different things. When I hear the words ?weapon platform? I think of a role. Like the difference between a Tank, a Tank Killer, AFV, and Artillery. All have guns/missiles but each has a different role. When I say ?Weapon Platform? I think of something that has, as their primary role, the job of bringing firepower to the situation. The amount of armour would be a part of the role and where it would need to go. A tank killer, something that could also be seen as a Weapon Platform would need more armour then say an Artillery Unit.
| Quote (nealhunt @ 20 2003 Aug.,08:13) | | Also, on a historical note, I have been under the impression that battleships were pretty vulnerable to each other's guns, and that anything resembling a direct hit by an enemy salvo meant you were going down. To me, that's not a good titan analogy at all. They are much more "stand and deliver" according to the background. |
You bring up a very good point here. When I say Battleship maybe I should be clear on the era I was thinking off. How Battleships were used in WWI is very different from how they were used in Post WWII. I was thinking more along the lines of how the ship was used in the invasions at the end of WWII and in some of the actions sense. Not in the ?Grand Naval Battles? but as a mobile heavy artillery and support vehicle.
I know this is a mental vision I have that may be from a point of ignorance of real navy doctrine, but I think of modern Battleship use more along the lines of the way the Wisconsin and the Missouri were used in the Persian Gulf war. They fired their 16 inch guns and fired their cruise missiles at enemy that was a long way away.
When you bring a Battleship to conflicts like the Persian Gulf war they sit far from the shore, and fires into the enemy positions. It uses the guns and missiles to soften them up for the troops and tanks. For me, at least so far, that is how I have used the Titan. He tries to stay away from the assault battles and lends his power to support the tanks in their bid for the battlefield.
But, you do bring up an interesting point of view and I will try it. 
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