Where are the gas artillery rounds?

[gila]

Originally Posted by Akmatov

Had never thought about it until I was reading the thread inquiring about nuc weapons, but where are the gas rounds for the artillery?

Gas has been used in a few locations since WW2 and was a major part of the old Warsaw Pact defensive invasion plans against NATO. As such it deserves a place in SPMBT. Or am I just missing it?

There is not any worldwide use of gas since WW1,except in Iraq on the Kurds.
There maybe some countries hording some but not likely be using them after the timely demise of Sadamm and his,and i quote G.W.Bush, "WMD's".

[gila]

Also this just a game,not world annilation,you also have to consider, those that play PBEM,,,,it would end the first turn and everyone basicly dieing and gasping for air on both sides, oh what fun!

[halstein]

The biggest problem is the game-engine and programming gas and nukes, I would guess. Considering the non-use historically, I think this should be placed rather low on the "to do" list.
Halstein.

[Mobhack]

Originally Posted by gila

Also this just a game,not world annilation,you also have to consider, those that play PBEM,,,,it would end the first turn and everyone basicly dieing and gasping for air on both sides, oh what fun!

I have dug a trench in Germany at the height of summer in full noddy gear. We dropped the gas masks after about 15 minutes, and the entire exercise as A Bad Idea (tm) after a half hour or so and a dozen heat prostration cases being taken off by the doc. That was about 1975, so these days you probably will have an ambulance and paramedics standing by each section for "health and safety", plus a couple of overseers in yellow jackets and hard hats, since this is involves use of digging tools etc...

If you want a set of OOBS for NBC warfare then
- adjust every formation for about -5 morale, and -10 experience.
- Reduce the speed of all vehicles by -2, and all foot troops the same (0 if it goes negative)

That will sort of simulate the "fun" of wandering round in full noddy order, vehicles closed down and so trying to locate things through optics or gas mask goggles.

Note that no actual slime has been deployed by either side. Use or threat of use of slimes means NBC gear and so all the above. An actual sliming would therefore not change anything for the military folks with their noddy gear. (Eating, drinking and taking a pee or dump becomes (ahem) interesting of course!) However dead sheep, cows and farmers etc will now be be dotted about the countryside, towns and cities will look even worse. Civvies don't have noddy kit after all.

That is why civvy authorities get noticeably upset if there is even a remote possibility of a sliming happening (e.g. the Iraqi SCUD attacks on Israel). To a prepared military, it is merely an inconvenience.

Cheers
Andy