vanguard

[Sputty]

Heh, Only the prowler. You're NC anyway

[Saint]

To me it looks as if the prowlers MGs are connected to the main guns.

[diluted]

ive seen like 4 diff models of vanguard =|

[Saint]

I thought I saw one that looked new that had the MGs over the driver hatch and the main cannon separate. Hmmmm I guess we will find out eh?

[diluted]

vanguard has like zero coverage if the secondary guns arent independent. sure great firepower but no way to lay down fire.

[NapalmEnima]

There are no "two turrets" on the vanguard. In EVERY available screenshot, the 20mm recoilless cannons are pointing in exactly the same direction. The devs have stated that there are 2 crew members in a vanguard.

1 driver. 1 gunner. Driver drivers. Gunner guns. That's it.

Prowler: 1 driver, 2 gunners. Each gunner controls an independant turret.

Mag-Rider: 1 driver 1 gunner. I believe that the driver actually gets to control a weapon on this one.


In all cases, tank turrets "gimballed". Their rotation is not affected by the rotation of the tank itself. This makes acurrate, on-the-move fire possible (particularly for the Vanu, whose projectiles are (presumed to be) unaffected by gravity). Note that only tanks have this feature... buggies and the like do not.

[diluted]

only driver and gunner? so the gunner only shoots the big cannon or something? what are the 20 mms for then?

[Incompetent]

The gunner shoots the big cannon and the 20mms

[The Prudential]

Smokejumper said in the Dev Chat w/Hamma & Marsman that the turret guns moved independantly of the tank's motion.

[OmnipotentKiwi]

Originally posted by The Prudential
Smokejumper said in the Dev Chat w/Hamma & Marsman that the turret guns moved independantly of the tank's motion.

The way you stated this is confusing. But the way it works is if the tank makes a sharp left, while you are aiming your turret at a Mag-Rider, after the turn your gun will still be roughly aimed at that Mag-Rider.

The 20mm Chainguns can be switched to and from with the cannon by the gunner. He does not control both at the same time.

The ONLY driver of any two man, or more, vehicle that controls a gun is the Mag-Rider driver, and that is because the cannon is a fixed cannon, so the person moving the vehicle needs to control the weapon.