US OOB 120mm mortar (single tube unit)

[BaronvonBeer]

Just a minor suggestion:

US OBAT unit 518 (Single tube 120mm mortar) Currently has load cost of 108 (6 men, 2 "weight". If reduced to 4 man crew or 0 weight, it could be towed by HMMWV.

Formation 325 (Lt Cav Mtr Sec) has this setup, but they cannot carry the tubes. (3 HMMWV, 2 tubes). HMMWV + tube + 3-4 man crew is "standard" (is there such a thing? ) use by light units, Rangers, etc.

[DRG]

I'll put it on the list and look into it

Don

[thatguy96]

Just something to consider as well, the M1069 HMMWV (and subsequent "truck/cargo carrier" variants with the flat rear bed) were and are prime movers for the M167 VADS and M119 105mm LW howitzer.

[Shan]

Yeah but those are not the crew cab versions I suppose - correct me if I am wrong. Therefore they're just light trucks to me + to the game and not Humvees. If I want them to tow my howitzer then I buy a light truck.
If we talk about Humvees, I guess most of us got the version with the double crew cab + weapon mount on the roof hatch in mind - therefore, let's just keep things simple ;-)

[thatguy96]

Shan said:
Yeah but those are not the crew cab versions I suppose - correct me if I am wrong. Therefore they're just light trucks to me + to the game and not Humvees. If I want them to tow my howitzer then I buy a light truck.
If we talk about Humvees, I guess most of us got the version with the double crew cab + weapon mount on the roof hatch in mind - therefore, let's just keep things simple ;-)


Yeah, exactly. When the HMMWV was introduced there were about five basic variants (with assorted other more specialized versions), a weapons carrier (M966), a "crew" cab utility/scout vehicle (M998), a truck/cargo carrier/shelter carrier (M1069), and two types of ambulance. All the subsequent improvements have led to new versions of each, except for the Mini-Ambulance I think. I'd have to check some of my resources.

I actually utilized additional space in my Vietnam OOBs to "fix" the truck history, but there should still be room in the default to switch things around too.