Body Armor

[Aaryq]

Lucky, I did some digging. It says that since a Flak is so innefective against small arms, they left it out of the book. I think the best rule would to have PV. A flak can protect only so much so instead of giving it "hit points" it's just rated to stop certain types of projectiles and nothing else. That way if you ever decide to modernize the game even more (like fighting insurgents in Fallujah) the rules will stay current.


Also The stats for vehicles say are a lot more vague:
Weight
Length
Crew
Max speed
Max Range
Weapons
Armor

With the armor section it only tells you what the armor can stop and what its weaknesses are.

[Aaryq]

Just give the helmets a different rating of what they can stop.

[Jefffar]

I go with them reducing the damage of an incomming projectile by a set (and way too low for player comfort) ammount. I also apply some AG penalties and deduct the weight from their load carrying capability.

The result is the players, like the boys in the 'nam, tend to ditch them after a few missions in favour of more weapons and more useful gear.

As for getting around them, I allow a called shot and assign a penalty to hit.