10 May 2020

T&E All Over Again

A constant frustration with dealing with GURPS and mounted weapons has been "what does that weigh"?

Several of the machine guns have listings for tripods.

Taken by itself, no biggie.

When you learn that the same tripod can be used for several guns, you need more detail.

The actual mounting for many US MG's is gun + traverse and elevation mechanism + pintle + tripod.

Then I see that the official stats in High Tech just give me the weight of the tripod and gun...

I'm bumping into this incomplete stat problem again with the M1875 Hotchkiss Mountain Gun.

GURPS forgot the weight of the sights, and other sundry parts of the carriage and is off by 45 lb. at the end of the day.

Yes, that matters!

Happily, there are artillery nerds who have documented nearly everything.
Posted by Angus McThag at 13:40
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  1. Beans10 May, 2020 15:08

    If you're dealing with a Colt Bulldog gatling, you also need to factor in the weight of the shipping cases. And the special pack saddle designed for them.

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