What is wrong with the armour system in CF?
CF11.0 Vehicles, guns and Bazookas, p. 17-19 CF Data Sheets, p. 39-40 Many people, but by no means all, dislike the armour rules in Crossfire. There are a number of reasons for this including: • Many important vehicles are missing from datasheets • Rather questionable ACC and PEN ratings. • A single action per imitative makes AFVs very slow compared to infantry • A single action per initiative gives them a very inferior fire power compared to a HMG (which can fire multiple times per initiative). • Low calibre guns are not worth having for their HE, and hardly for their AP. • No rules for group fire of vehicles. There is, of course, considerable debate about which of these factors are true and/or most important. Some people have scrapped the published system entirely and come up with their own rules, however, others use the rules as printed. See my House Rules for how I’ve tweaked the standard armour rules, or look at Tim Marshall’s system. And just so the counter argument is represente
