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From: Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@***.NEU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Ballistic Projectiles
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 1994 11:55:56 -0500
>>>>> "CPD" == C Paul Douglas <granite@*****.net> writes:

CPD> On Tue, 8 Mar 1994, Gian-Paolo Musumeci wrote:
>> How about *really* fast-moving projectiles? Shrapnel from fragmentation
>> grenades,
CPD> I can't find my Grim so I can't look it up but I really don't think
CPD> you can count shrapnel as a Ballistic projectile..

A general rule of thumb, if you use ballistic armor rating against it, it's
a ballistic projectile. There are some exceptions, like gel rounds, but the
rule of thumb usually holds true.

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