Geweer M.95 Riflemen(Dutch) [APPROVED & LOCKED]

Sharpe · Geweer M.95 Riflemen(Dutch) [APPROVED & LOCKED]

(0) 7/ (1-2) 6/ (3) 5
(0-1) 1

Speed 1
Defense 4/5
Cover 5

CA2
STATIC DEFENSE--This unit gets +1 to Cover Rolls until it moves.
INFERIOR AMMUNITION--When this unit makes a Defensive Fire attack, it rolls one fewer attack die.

Cost 2

Date 7/36

Use pic from end of other Dutch thread

Angel of Death

Sorry for me being such an a&*(s, but could you please refrain from using too German sounding names for Dutch units. It would be bad for morale. The Dutch called this rifle & carabine type the Geweer M.95 themselves, after the date of introduction (1895). They produced it themselves, under license.

So, Geweer M.95 (Mannlicher) , perhaps ?

Problem with the gun was that it didn't have good stopping power, mainly at short range. The pointy fast 6.5mm callibre bullets went straight through the enemy.
Would not be good for defensive fire (then again, they did actually use the bajonet here, if need be).

They also used the Lewis Light MG Lichte Mitrailleur M.20 (Lewis) , with the same (low stopping power) calibre.
http://www.freewebs.com/nederlandinwo2/Lewis.jpg for a pic.

They also used the HMG Vickers Zware Mitrailleur M.18 (Vickers) (1918 , but updated in 1933 so they were pretty top notch)
http://www.grebbeberg.nl/bibliotheek/bewapening/weap0016.html
http://www.grebbeberg.nl/bibliotheek/foto/gfx/normal/4mc_foto3.jpg for pic

And the well known HMG Schwarzlose Zware Mitrailleur M.08 (Schwarzlose)
http://www.freewebs.com/nederlandinwo2/zwmitrm.08.jpg

And last but not least the HMG Spandau ' Zware Mitrailleur M.25 (Spandau) , introduced in 1925 after settling payment over 'interned' WW1 material from Germany.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikip...ons/e/e5/Maschinengewehr_08_1.jpg

Sharpe

I appreciate all your help and promise never to swear at you in German.

I only know what I read on the net, so I can use all the inside info you can spare.

Change on the way.

Angel of Death

thanx

Buzzkill

Nice job on this unit Sharpe, it has some real character.

Sharpe

Working together makes it easy.

Good card.

Angel of Death

You missed the 1 AV attack at range 1 Smile

I want those Opels and Kubels dead.

I shall put my hope to the machineguns, field guns, mortars, bombers, fighters, AC's and howitzers for killing power.. doesn't look like Dutch regular infantry alone amounts to much. Again, pretty realistic.

The Light Division (Lichte Brigade) you featured before , was a brigade equipped for assaults, by the way. MG's, HMG's , AA L/HMG's, (Brand 8cm) Mortars , field guns towed by all terrain prime movers (Trado's). And bicyclists with custom carabines (same basic gun as the M.95, shorter barrel, so less useful at long range).

Sharpe

I'm going to redo LD a little later.

Amandil

Would it be better to reword the SA to "When this unit makes a Defensive Fire attack, it gets one less Attack Die"? That way, people would be less inclined to think that the values of their rolls are -1 of face value.

Sharpe

Angel of Death

Changed CA text.

Any chance the SA will not be 'inferior ammo' but just 'low callibre'.
The 6.5mm ammo had advantages too. This was a very accurate and reliable rifle.
Also the general values on this basic Dutch infantry piece are rather worthless.
7 dice at range 0 -and- 1 would be somewhat more usable, I think. Would make it easier to do the anti vehicle attack in a correct way as well.

Sharpe

Change SA text to "one fewer" instead of "one less"

INFERIOR AMMUNITION can become LOW CALIBER AMMUNITION

change rnage to (0-1) 7/ (2) 6/ (3) 5

NeuralDream

I agree with AoD. Low caliber rifles were often more accurate, so they should have at least equal, if not higher values than the rest at 300-400m.

Sharpe

NeuralDream

I see it now.

Angel of Death