High Energy Laser Weapon
 

This could be a cool new airdefence weapon, anyone have any ideas how it could be incorporated into the game.

http://www.army-guide.com/eng/article/article_2341.html

Re: High Energy Laser Weapon
 

Lasers while "cool" are currently impractical outside fixed area defenses due to the enormous amounts of power needed to generate a "lethal" beam.

WinSPMBT is a tactical game. You can build a Maginot Line - a one-time single-scenario thing but it's not really worth the time and effort.
Now if WinSPMBT only had mobile hydroelectric plants ... :angel

Re: High Energy Laser Weapon
 

Yes you've got a point about the power requirements. This kind of weapon would be better suited in a fixed position. The Patriot Sam's use alot power as well, the game assumes the Radar,Masts,Control station, Power plant are are in a fix position off-map somewhere. The Electric Power Plant (ECP) has two 150KW diesel engines to help power generators.

A 1KW laser weapon mounted on a vehicle was demonstrated destroying IED's successfully and a moving fastboat in the link's article. (Toaster Power)

There are probably simpler mods that could be done to the game than laser weapons. I can see laser weapons being common use on vehicles 20 to 25 years into the future.