Firing Cost Observation

[McIvan]

Presumably its all taken account of in the firepower value.

Otherwise you are left with the farcical situation of having to set new AP costs for every type of gun calibre and fire rate. For example, a lot of what you said would equally apply to, say, an M16 qud .50cal which could just hose down its target and keep pouring in the bursts. Or a German 20mm armed armoured car firing five round bursts....should it have an AP cost of 20?

50 points means you can't move and fire twice. That makes sense for SPGs. 45 points means its very hard to fire twice and move, but it can be done....more usual to move and fire once though. That makes sense for slow firers. 35 points means you can fire twice and still (depending on your speed) move a reasonable distance. It all works pretty well in my estimation. I think the nitty gritty of power traverse, optics, reload times are part of the wealth of factors that go into that one overall elegantly simple firepower value.