in the begining...

[Olefin]

I wonder if a lot of people do a Hummer and a LAV-25 because that is what is in the guidebook as an example - personally I prefer the Bradley - a LAV-25 is pretty much dead meat against any kind of tank where a Bradley at least has the TOW's on board - and since carrying capacity is pretty limited for TOW's you have to really limit when you use them -

for instance in my last campaign we had a Bradley and used a TOW to save our butts when we got caught in the open by a Russian convoy - but you had to really think about using one because the chances of finding a replacement TOW anywhere outside of Krakow is basically nil

[Twilight2000v3MM]

Problem with heavy armor is just that... its heavy. Try to get a 30+ ton Bradley over a local wood bridge meant for 3 ton trucks. Plus, they. Suck. Fuel. And maintenance is an issue. Atleast with HMMVs and a LAV 25 you can get common auto parts as spares.

Smaller is better especially in the age of you MIGHT see a tank.

[Olefin]

I see it more as the ability to actualy have a chance to survive in a firefight and getting out of the Kalisz area

having light armor that only stops a 7.62 isnt going to help much getting ouf of dodge - and when you have marauders that have BMP's (Krakow and Kalisz), tanks (Warsaw) and other fun things you can run into then that light vehicle is going to be Swiss Cheese or worse very quickly

in my last game we ran into a BMP and a BTR-70 supported by two mortars with our Bradley - we were able to win - barely - because we had the TOW and a 25mm that outranged what they had

if it had been a LAV and a Humvee we would have been burning debris in the field we were crossing and campaign ended on day 2 - with the LAV blowing up when the BMP nailed it (we got it with the TOW before he got off his missile)

now later on you can go for light vehicles or horses - but you have to survive to get out of Dodge first when Kalisz, Krakow and the Madonna have all kinds of nasty ways to take out a light vehicle

[Slappy]

There are obviously a bunch of ways to do it, but I think it depends on what sort of group you have. You just have to change tactics when on foot or mounted. Your escape becomes more an escape and evade than straight up combat. Stay off the roads, travet at night, look for isolated patrols you can pick off.

[Olefin]

and I agree with that totally - if all you have is a Hummer or truck then it becomes a cat and mouse game where it could take you a very long time to get out of dodge

also it depends where you start the scenario - is it several days later and you are miles from Kalisz - or are you in the midst of blasting your way out and you play the firefight getting out of the pocket

[LT. Ox]

Me, I like the LAV-25, it has a good cargo load fair survivability and fair weapons mix, it's swim is ...well it is made for swimming right?
I do not go along with fuel as a factor, they all use fuel faster than can be replaced which leaves choices and that my friends is what the game is about.
What I see is the main problem is who the game is for?
To me it is about the players, the GM has to enjoy his work but the game has to be driven by the mix of players involved.
Do they want to shoot it out or do they want to think their way around?
What equipment do they have, whatever they want, within reason and the desire of the DM to work with them? I mean what DM wants to run a Twilight game of two corps of tanks?
I like to keep things within the USA realm as far as equipment goes, I know it and have worked with a lot of I,t I get more enjoyment out of riding an M-113 or Even a Bradley or LAV then a captured Russian or a picked up German or French ride, it feeds my wants.
I tend to play longer and have more fun but that is me.

[Olefin]

Remember as I mentioned my first campaign was run by a GM who loved the military part of the game - meaning that we had a bunch of firefights - as he said "you rolled the tank, might as well put it to the use that it was intended for"

and I agree completely with Ox - a campaign is really what the players are looking for - thats why I love the game - there are so many ways to play it and things you can do that there really is no "right way or wrong way" to play the game - as long as its fun for all concerned