| From: | "Paul J. Adam" <shadowrn@********.DEMON.CO.UK> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Sniper Rifles (Was Re: Assault Cannons) |
| Date: | Mon, 2 Dec 1996 17:45:20 +0000 |
100000@*******.dialix.com.au>, The Jestyr <jestyr@*******.dialix.com.au>
writes
>Now for the next question
>(which may be a FAQ but I can't remember). Does it seem to anyone else
>that the ranges given for sniper rifles in the rules (both in main rules
>and FoF) are totally WRONG?
>
>400 metres extreme range on a sniper rifle? EXCUSE ME? When an MG fires
>further (and an assault cannon nearly FOUR TIMES further), you know there
>HAS to be something wrong...
I read it as being that "sniper rifles" were low-velocity high-calibre
weapons firing .655in bullets at subsonic velocities. Thus, capable of
being silenced, massive damage, but short range (subsonic rounds have
ludicrously high trajectories at distance).
There isn't an equivalent of a modern sniper rifle unless you use a HMG
on single shot :)
Yes, it is sort of ludicrous, but then so is the maximum range on the
Light Machine Gun: LMGs fire the same ammo as assault rifles from
longer, heavier barrels, so why do they have half the range?
--
There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable and
praiseworthy...
Paul J. Adam paul@********.demon.co.uk
