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Modern Rules

For a more modern or near future setting, there are some assumptions that Dirtside make which don't quite fit.

Some of these are taken from/based on some WW2 rules for Dirtside.

Movement

Very Slow Tracked 5“
Medium Tracked 10”
Half Tracked 8“

Technology

Armour

Composite Armour

Denoted as /C on the armour profile. All the benefits of Reactive armour, plus can be up to one level higher than the size class of the vehicle. Maybe ignore first 'special' chit type against it?

Weapons

The Kinetic Energy Cannon (KEC) (taken from Felix's Gaming Pages linked above). For WWII combat.

Weapon System	Class	Close Range	Medium Range	Long Range
Kinetic Energy Cannon	1	6”	9“	12”
Kinetic Energy Cannon	2	8“	12”	16“
Kinetic Energy Cannon	3	9”	18“	24”
Kinetic Energy Cannon	4	10“	20”	30“
Kinetic Energy Cannon	5	12”	24“	36”

Close: Red and Yellow, Medium: Red, Long: Green. Infantry: Yellow (similar to HVCs)

Do we need a weapon type in between the KEC and HVC? Most modern tank guns seem to be in the 100mm to 125mm range.

FireCon Stability

Under standard rules, a vehicle can half move without penalty, or full move with a negative die shift to shooting.

Thinking of bring in special rules for :

No stability: Half move for negative die shift, Full move for two die shifts. WW2 era.
Enhanced stability: Can full move without a penalty to shooting.

Stealth

Advanced camouflage schemes which include digital and thermal camouflage count as Stealth 1.

Night Operations

Dirtside assumes that all forces have high quality night vision. This isn't true today, and definitely wasn't true for much of the 20th century.

Night Sensors	Short	Medium	Long	Max Range
None	-2 Die	-2 Die	-2 Die	15“
Basic*	-1 Die	-1 Die	-1 Die	30”
Enhanced	N/A	-1 Die	-1 Die	45“
Superior	N/A	N/A	-1 Die	60”

The standard is assumed to be Basic sensors.

The typical standard during the Cold war was Basic, and during WW2 it would be None.