Add-on Applique Armor - How to represent it?

[Arralen]

Wrote about the (outdate and inaccurate) info about Puma and what to put into WinSPMBT here : http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/thr...=&sb=5&o=&vc=1


Only "Schutzstufe A" and "Schutzstufe C" armor variants will be build (with 32/43 ton weight).
Here are some more pages about Puma:
http://www.freundeskreis-panzergrenadiere.de/87.0.html

So we would only need 2 different versions in the OOB -

* the airlift configuration, with low side armor, resistant to 14,5mm anti-equipment snipers and arty shrapnel; resistant to conventional 30mm AP and RPG-7 from the front and grazing hits on the flanks

* full armor config; 30mm and RPG-7 on 3 sides

Btw., applying those armor kits (9-10 tons!) is definitly not within the time frame of a WinSPMBT battle - in fact, they are still not sure how the grunts are supposed to handle the armor slabs at all


And, yes,IMHO it would make sense to put both variants into the OOB - seems entirely feasable to me that the vehicle might see some combat before anyone had the time (and possibilities) to apply the armor kit, as it is airlift-able combat ready, IIRC (in contrast to any Stryker variant).
There might be a problem with the AI buy routine - don't think the AI could "understand" where the low-armor variant "results" from, and use it accordingly in a generated battle.