| From: | Elling Polden thorondor_sr@*****.com |
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| Subject: | APDS and Smartlinks |
| Date: | Thu, 25 Feb 1999 09:25:25 -0800 (PST) |
seems to be how a smartlink knows what kind of ammo is in the chamber
so that it can calculate the ballistic path of the bullet. The answer
is in My Humble Opinion™ quite simple. It doesn't.
The SmartLink is basically a red dot sight projected to a pair of
goggles or retina, and does about the same. It indicates the point of
aim in a straight line from the barrel. The fact that it doesn't
recognize ammo is made clear by two facts. It can not calculate the
ballistic curve of a grenade launcher without a rangefinder, and thus
is unable to measure distances. If it can not find out how far away
the point of aim is it can not calculate a point of impact. Further a
external smartlink gives the same advantages as a internal one, and a
SmartLink connected to a sighting rail would have no possibility
whatsoever of knowing what is in the chamber.
Smargoggles also give the same target modifier as a laser sight, but
be preferable because the point of aim indicator(or Red Dot™) is not
affected by range or other conditions. The -2 of the smartlink inplant
is due to the fact that the Dot™ is displayed on the retina and
adjusts to the users vision at all times. You do not have to focus on
a dot or on the goggles, and the gun feels more like a part of you.
I did not read the original APDS text, but would like to say something
on this ammo. Armor Piercing Discarding Sabot ammunition is currently
used by larger caliber weapons like Tank guns or Autocannons. The
smallest Subcalliber type armor piercer I have heard of is the .50
SLAP ammo used by the US Marines. The principle is that you fire a
subcalliber round (The SLAP uses a 5,56 projectile) cased in a sabot
that is discarded once the round leaves the barrel. This allows the
projectile to gain extremely high velocities and thus penetrate
better. I realy doubt if this type of ammo would be any usefull in
smallarms as the subcaliber round would be very small. In a 5,56 AR
round it would maybe be the size of a needle or thin nail. It is
however, unlike what FASA claims in SR3, a antivehicle ammo. If it was
going to be limited in some way it should have -1 damage level against
personnel.
Further I think the SR3 Armor rules are Crap
Heyas to ya all
Thorondor
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