Generation Kill

[coldwar]

anyone watching it?

I had a crazy idea of running/playing a large game (a whole platoon of men) in a traveller type setting. Think its just a dream but is anyone else have an interest ever before about a large game

would proberly take 5 GMs and 20 players at least, but its an idea i came up with. doubt it may even be possible

Kind regards

 

[Sturn]

I own the series and have read the book. The series actually does the book justice, which is almost always not the case. I have a friend/co-worker that was in one of the units that supported the Recon unit of Generation Kill during one of their battles (before being literally ran over by a M1 tank..really, and somehow survived and is in good shape today, another story). He thought Generation Kill was well done.

From my own ex-military experience, the lingo, interactions, types of characters in a military unit are spot on. All of the bantering back and forth seemed reminiscent of my Army days.

As for a Traveller military campaign I would love to participate if you happened to live down the street from me.

 

[Thoth-Amon]

I second that motion.

 

[Andrew Boulton]

Yeah, I'm enjoying the show.

 

[coldwar]

Yea tracks are ment to spread the weight of the vehicle over a large area of space, pretty much like an elephants foot, but on a bigger scale, is rare to get hurt by being under a track, unless it has spikes on. Though being in the desert why would you need them.

I'm a Civic, but I'm well in to army codes, phrases and such, and army tactics ( if I ever go on an online game I'd be good as a squad leader, played multiplayers before and got those I was playing with to use proper tactics). though it was the first time I heard godfather used. I havent read the books, but i think its more to do that its not a movie that you would find that theres no differences as they can go literally by the letter. (thats if the book came out first. Recently got Black Hawk Down (Delta Force) which is just brilliant. I'm on the second lot of events (when the second Black Hawk goes down), but god it is confusing at times as so much goes on.

Well back to the idea in hand I think it would be a bit crazy at least. As we would need as I said around 5 GMs, make the vehicle designs, and make the setting and events. So we all know what to do and say on the DM side. And the other Question would be how would it be played. Face to face, PBeM etc etc

 

[Sturn]

Yea tracks are ment to spread the weight of the vehicle over a large area of space, pretty much like an elephants foot, but on a bigger scale, is rare to get hurt by being under a track, unless it has spikes on.

The person I spoke of might give you a differing opinion. No, I haven't been run over by a tank, but I recall stories from my WWII grandfather and some clips on the news long ago about Russian tanks running over Afghan prisoners to kill them. Combine that with what happened to my co-worker (can confirm by Googling Travis Eichelberger), and I would have to say that it's rare not to be killed when run over by a military tracked vehicle.

 

[coldwar]

true older tracked vehicles can kill if you get run over by them, largely due to the pressure per square inch. Which on older tanks is big compared to newer tanks, apart from russian tanks as I have not really heard of a new Mainline battle tank. I would also say the British MBT the Challenger 2, has also got a high pressure per square inch.

However taking that in to account the surface that it is moving over can effect how the pressure reacts. On sand it spreads around easily, where if it was on concert, such as a typical road or better in the way of construction such as an airfield, there would be very little chance of survival as it goes straight into the ground which cannot move. So the softer the surface is the more chance of survival.

 

[aramis]

Keep in mind: the typical tank track isn't a flat surface (unike the NASA's Crawler), but usually includes a flange for traction, as well as the flat spot for ground pressure. If the overall ground pressure is a mild 5PSI (breaks some bones if applied right), and the flange is 1/2" thick, on a 12"x3" plate, that takes the 36in² and reduces it to 6in², a whopping 30PSI, which will break many bones.

 

[joshuawood]

That sounds survivable but not particularly healthy.

 

[aramis]

And keep in mind, the traction flanges are often 1/4" or less thick, full width, about 1" to 1.5" tall (I've seen them up to 3" long on 5"x18" plates on snowcats and large bulldozers).

If it weren't for the traction flanges, a snowcat would be no threat at all...

 

[coldwar]

bringing this back to what it was about.
Has anyone else got ideas about my idea (even though it may seem far fetched)

And has anyone been watching it?