From:	Peter Bailey <pbailey@*****.IPSWICHCITY.QLD.GOV.AU>
Subject:	Re: APDS Vs Hardened Armour?
Date:	Sun, 11 Jun 1995 16:01:43 +0200

Hi There,

> On Thu, 8 Jun 1995, Walter Stim wrote:
>
> > 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 th=
ink).
> > >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 s=
aid
> 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 i=
s
> halved, I don't think it specifically states that the Armour rating i=
s
> *not* halved as well, but then it doesn't say it is.
> In the back of SR2 re Sourcebook updates, does it give anymore detai=
l?
> 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" m=
ean
> the ammo will better penetrate *any* type of armour?

The power of APDS *is not* halved by hardened/vehicle armour.

Quote SRII page 277 "APDS ammo(SSC,p.63) halves the Balistic Armour Ra=
ting
and Barrier Ratings(when firing through only).Vehicle armour reduces th=
e
Power of APDS ammo by one-half its rating (round down) and reduces the
Damage Level by one level."

"reduces the Power of APDS ammo by one-half its rating" *is* the
important bit since it says "by one-half its rating", not by one-half.

Nuffsaid.

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