Re: [WW] Automatic Fire vs. Human Wave

[John Hostetter <jhostett@yahoo.com>]

Are you forgetting about stray bullets hitting other people?  Also,
(I need to check the BotR book to be sure) arent there rules for
walking fire to other targets?  

John




--- Arne Reuter <reuter@tse-online.de> wrote:
> HI!
> 
> Going through our DAK weaponry, I was wondering how to deal with a
> "human wave" charge on the receiving end of the MG.
> 
> If in one combat round 50 soldiers were charging within the range
> of
> the MG, they could do 120 feet. The Machine Gunner (1st level, no
> Rapid Shot feat) could only attack (and probably kill) one target!
> 
> Withing five rounds 45 of them would have reached and overrun the
> MG
> emplacement.
> 
> As we know from WW I, the machine guns in effect ended this as a
> feasible tactic.
> 
> Any ideas how to resolve this?
> 
> Mit freundlichen Gruessen,
> 
> Arne Reuter
> 
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