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From: David Buehrer <dbuehrer@******.CARL.ORG>
Subject: Re: Armor
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 14:52:45 -0700
Drekhead wrote:
/
/ On 4 Dec 97 at 7:47, David Buehrer wrote:
/
/ > If the power of a physical attack is less than the armor rating of
/ > the target, the damage of the attack becomes stun.
/ >
/ > This addresses two issues: light rounds getting past heavy armor,
/ > and pistols affecting tanks (if a round from a 9M pistol hits a
/ > Banshee (12 armor) the Banshee would take stun damage, and since
/ > vehicles don't have stun damage tracks... :)
/
/ I like this to. It is somewhat realistic too, because from what I
/ hear from my cop buddy, when he got hit his Kevlar vest stopped it,
/ but he was bruised for a week.

Yep. That was another reason I thought of it.

-David
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