From:	Adam Getchell <acgetchell@*******.EDU>
Subject:	.224 Boz (was Re: Fear of God)
Date:	Mon, 12 Oct 1998 16:12:48 -0700

>Looks good, except SWAT teams using AK-97 assault rifles is a bit
>unrealistic (this is a minor complaint about the LS sourcebook, not your
>revision). SMGs are usually used because they don't have an assault
>rifle's length, as well as other advantages that don't really translate to
>SR very well -- they're not as likely to shoot through walls, for example.
>This would also be a good reason for not carrying APDS, since you don't
>want to accidentally kill someone in the next room. In stressful
>situations there would be too great a chance for the cop to accidentally
>load APDS when the weapon is empty.

Actually, current Military and Police tactical thinking is leaning heavily
towards AP ammunition.

Witness the development by the British Civil Defence Supply of the .224 Boz
cartridge for military/police work.

It is basically a 10 mm case necked down to .224, with flat sides for easy
loading. With a 6 3/4 inch barrel and about the recoil of a .38 special it
launches a 55 grain bullet 2100 feet per second with 490 ft-lbs of energy.

The base round shoots through both sides of the NATO helmet, the old-style
U.S. steel pot helment, and NATO CRISAT armor (1.6 mm titanium plus 20
layers of Kevlar) at a distance of 100 meters, including angle shots.

The AP tungsten-carbide round penetrates 6.8 mm steel plate armor, used in
armored limousines, the Humvee, and the USMC LAV-25; and the 10 mm Aluminum
armo rused for the Bradley Fighting Vehicle, all at 50 meters.

Pre-production prototypes were made from the Colt Government model and the
Glock 20. It is also being considered for the H&K MP-5 SMG.

Civil Defence Supply intends that the cartridge be distributed only to
military and police forces. We'll see how that works out.

I have no compunctions about sending SWAT armed with APDS against
recalcitrant players. It is what would be done in real life. I also don't
allow the use of Combat Pool dice to dodge sniper shots unless they're
aware of the sniper's location or are running/evading.

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--Adam

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