Jeep?

[shylock13]

Why cant you fire from a jeep? All this makes the jeep for is a faster transport.

Rat Patrol?

:)

[Careos]

Because the devs don't want you to. :)

[TheFoeHammer]

Also because a Jeep truly was not a great firing platform for small arms and definitely not for a Mortar or MG. The space just wasn't there. A halftrack on the other hand was a little more useful in that mode.

[TheFoeHammer]

And Rat Patrol was a customized jeep with an MG mount on it. That's a little different than just loading and unloading to a transport and being able to fire. Maybe down the road we'll see specialty vehicles like this.

[Bobsalt]

And Rat Patrol was a customized jeep with an MG mount on it. That's a little different than just loading and unloading to a transport and being able to fire. Maybe down the road we'll see specialty vehicles like this.

If I recall correctly, these jeeps were used as scout vehicles in North Africa. I'd love to see these in the game - they practically scream for the "Strike and Fade" ability. Hopefully they'll be in the North Africa expansion with a North Africa paint scheme with the .50 cal mounts.

[Danyel Phelps]

The SAS used modified Jeeps for airfield raids in north africa.

[Major Adler]

it would be great to see tricked out SAS jeeps in a future expansion...and 3/4 ton LRDG trucks as well...I do hope the second expansion is North Africa oriented...

Zarr...out......................

[Vulturedoodle]

it would be great to see tricked out SAS jeeps in a future expansion...and 3/4 ton LRDG trucks as well...I do hope the second expansion is North Africa oriented...

Zarr...out......................
Oh, yeah! I would dearly love to see som LRDG vehicles!

--SEF

[SSG_Huble]

So based on this thread quite a few of you might be saying to yourself, "So what good is a Jeep?"

Obviously, the transport ability on the Jeep provides you with a mechanism to get slow moving troops up to a position more desireable or more strategically important. I think this much everyone can agree is an appropriate use for a Jeep.

Here's another use that you may not have considered. Since this game has a Stacking Limit (p.31 AAM Rulebook: "Each hex can contain up to two units of each army. Only one of those four units can be a vehicle."),...you can use the Jeep as a very inexpensive, very disposable, blocker.

After you have successfully transported your troop to the front line, or the positions where you want them, send the Jeep back to a position of strategic importance and use it to prevent your opponent from moving a vehicle into any specific hex.

Used properly, this tactic can give you at least a 1 turn delay from an advancing Armored Vehicle.