@ Targan: As entertaining as the original T2k timeline is, I prefer using a custom timeline as it allows a little more freedom when it comes to weapons, vehicles, and equipment.
That, and I don't like the T2013 ruleset.
But for the most part, I usually use the 'in-field testing' excuse for any rare weapons in Europe, Asia and the Middle East, the weapon had a limited production run, was issued to various units and improvements were supposed to be enacted from their reports in the field.
Frag-12's for instance would be given to special forces and defensive formations for light anti-vehicle work while the AA-12 might have been issued to a force that would see a lot of urban combat and thus would need a weapon with a lot of close-range stopping power when clearing buildings. And that's mostly from the top of my head. In most other cases, the weapon belongs to elite enemy squads and would have been liberated from bases, rear-area supply depots or testing facilities.
But you are correct, I wouldn't have likely caved if it was the canon timeline.
Last edited by Gideon020; 06-30-2012 at 01:00 AM.
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