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Message no. 1
From: "James W. Thomas" <cm5323@***.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Glasers
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 1994 12:21:44 +0000
> From: Firepower <DVANDERS@*****.VINU.EDU>
> <<From Damion--the glaser has killed 97 times out of 98 times
> used.>>
>
> There is worse--a newer round called the Magsafe tested better in
> german testing. I won't upset Wes by describing these tests, but the
> frangible loads are the best at this time...
> However, remember that they do not have an armor--piercing
> capability of any type--they are designed to spread out widely
> throughout the human body, minimalizing the risk of the bullet
> passing through and hitting someone else.
<CHOP> And killing the target as well. Expanders are NASTY
I haven't heard of Magsafe..any chance of you sending me the
details? (design, composition, lethality etc)
N=7 anyone?

> From: Damion Milliken <u9467882@***.EDU.AU>
> CHOPPER writes:
>
> > WHAT? You think N=2 is too high? remember the expander
> Yeah, but N=2 is basically what explosive rounds are, and I thought that
> they were pretty damaging. Note that I don't know shit about firearms and
> bullets, so correct me as much as you like. But do these rounds dish out
> more damage than an explosive bullet? Also, at N=6 like you had, a heavy
> pistol turns into a 15M weapon. Power level 15 is on par with missiles and
> rockets and cannons. I think that is a little too high. Power level 9 will
> waste anybody not wearing armour as it is.
<CHOP>it just shows how nasty it is...

> > From FACT, The Glaser Safety Slug has been fired 98 times in
> > anger (acurate to 1988)
> > Of these, all 98 went down with one hit
> > and 97 of the 98 died from the wound.
>
> A question, but one which has little hope of being answered. Did any of the
> 97 have any sort of armour or the like? 'Cause a heavy pistol, 9M, is pretty
> darn devastating when it hits unarmoured targets as it is. With a half
> comptetent firer, I'd say you could get that kind of ratio with 9M, no need
> to go for the 15M.
<CHOP>if any of them had armour, they'd have caught the 3M
damage of the glaser and laughed!
IF you HAVE ARMOUR, its power -N remember
^^^^^^^^
> --
> Damion Milliken University of Wollongong e-mail: u9467882@***.edu.au
CHOPPER
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Message no. 2
From: Damion Milliken <u9467882@***.EDU.AU>
Subject: Re: Glasers
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 1994 11:35:53 +1100
CHOPPER writes:

> if any of them had armour, they'd have caught the 3M damage of the glaser
> and laughed! IF you HAVE ARMOUR, its power -N remember
> ^^^^^^^^

But, likewise, if they didn't have armour (which is a good bet based on what
you just said), then they would've copped 9M and been dead anyway. 9M is
pretty darn nasty as it is. Remember SR uses a logrithmic damage scale, so
when you almost double the power with +6 you don't make the weapon twice as
effective, you make it about 100 times as effective. I don't think that the
glazer is that good. A +2 or so for a 9M makes the chance of obtaining
successes about 1/2 or 1/3 of what it was before. That sounds more likely to
me.

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Damion Milliken University of Wollongong e-mail: u9467882@***.edu.au

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