| From: | The Digital Mage <mn3rge@****.AC.UK> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | APDS Vs Hardened Armour? |
| Date: | Fri, 9 Jun 1995 13:01:39 +0100 |
> The Digital Mage said:
> >Actually, against Hardened Armour APDS are useless (well almost), they do
> >*not* half arrmour, in fact their *power* is reduced by half (I think).
> >Check out the firearms against vehicles bit in SR2 combat.
> >
>
> If APDS rounds are halved vs hardened armor, what effect do
> normal rounds have? APDS are supposed to be "Armor Piercing".
> Is this a rules oops? What does everyone thing.
Actually I shouldn't have said check out SR2, in fact I should have said
check out the APDS description in SSC2, it says in there that against
Vehicle Armour (it does not say Hardened therefore re Gel Armour and
Critter's armour the GM has a bit of leeway) the Power of the round is
halved, I don't think it specifically states that the Armour rating is
*not* halved as well, but then it doesn't say it is.
In the back of SR2 re Sourcebook updates, does it give anymore detail?
I've always thought there was a difference between what could Pierce body
Armour, and what could Pierce hardened vehicle Armour, I assumed APDS
only worked against body armour. Trying to explain FASA's rules.
Can anyone get an "official" ruling on this, does "Armour Piercing"
mean
the ammo will better penetrate *any* type of armour?
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