From:	Midn Daniel O Fredrikson <m992148@****.NAVY.MIL>
Subject:	Re: AW: HV weapons (was an actual SR post)
Date:	Fri, 6 Dec 1996 09:59:38 -0500

> Martin Lockert wrote:
> |
> |Because of the light pistol round the HV weapons fire, I would even reduce the
> |recoil modifiers for automatic fire by half.
> |But I don't understand why a light pistol only does 6L damage compared to the
> |HVLMG's 6S, considering that they fire the same rounds with the same amount of
> |gun powder in them (and therefore the same recoil).
>
> Maybe the HV's rounds *do* have more powder (since it's a
> larger weapon it can carry a bigger clip, allowing more
> room for a larger casing).
>
Maybe, but it seems that 6S is a bigger damage than most of the heavy
pistol rounds, though the penitration is less. Kind of weird to call it a
light pistol round if it is a light pistol round that has two times the
powder of a normal light pistol round.