[TML] 20mm cannons and bulky aliens

[Tom Naro]

Art O'Mary hobartfloyt at neonbob.com wrote:
>> > I've mentioned in the past the idea of larger, bulkier aliens and
>> > what that means in terms of weapons.
>> > 
>> > Fighting troops for whom a 20 mm anti-tank rifle is the standard
>> > infantry longarm is going to be just a bit hard on human troops.
>> 
>> But how bulky can they get before physical limits get to be a problem?  If
>> you scale a human leg bone up by a factor of 2, it's 4 times as strong, but
>> 8 times as heavy.  As creatures get larger, their limbs tend to get stubby
>> compared to the body.

>Well, there's no requirement for them to be human proportioned. 


There is really no reason that the big bulky alien needs to "carry" the weapon either.  I have done a few big uglies that "wear" the weapons instead of carry them. (In particular, I had a 10-legged spider-form that carried a cannon slung under the body. It's hard to spot that kind of weapon using air recon.)


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