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Everything I said about Kontakt-1 and Kontakt-5 assumes that the plates are metal and not rubber sheets and that the explosives are actually something that will go kaboom.
Several examples from the recent unpleasantness in Ukraine shows that Soviet quality control and corruption still rules.
THAT is a complex issue for a GM to decide.
Ukrainians pulling out blocks of foam rubber subbed in for explosives from "reactive" armor were rather illuminating in regard to the underwhelming performance of Russian armored forces.
ReplyDeleteThat is when there was actually something in the boxes at all.
DeleteIt seems like a fully realistic use of ERA will require a roll for failure to detonate due to deterioration, a roll for a dud due to corruption for some units and a roll to see if the shot hits a previously detonated ERA block. Off topic did you see the cartoon about the first Ukrainian F16 and they are applying ERA blocks to the plane?
ReplyDeleteThe rules as written require 100 pts of damage to set one off. There's rules for malfunctions already, just have to declare that a given model of ERA is unreliable enough to need it.
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