From:	Elling Polden thorondor_sr@*****.com
Subject:	APDS and Smartlinks
Date:	Fri, 26 Feb 1999 02:21:12 -0800 (PST)

---David Buehrer <dbuehrer@******.carl.org> wrote:
>
> Elling Polden wrote:
> /
> /
> / I joined the list yesterday and picked up on the APDS tread. The
issue
> / 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 debate isn't about how the standard smartgun link knows, but how
the
> Smartgun Link II from FoF knows.

Well, the same prety much goes for the Smartlink II. It is still the
same in extenal and internal modes, and it needs the rangefinder. my
guess is that you have to zero it or adjust it somehow.

> / Further I think the SR3 Armor rules are Crap
>
> How so?

I would say that it is kinda crappy that you cant hurt a Bulldog
Stepvan BC with a HMG. Sure armor technology has advanced, but my
impression is that you can damage a present day APC with 7,62 ball
(That would be a MMG). IMHU it was uneccesary and bad for the game to
halve weapon power before apying to hardened armor. Now you have to
get a friggin' LAW to hurt your neighbourhood pizza delivery van.Not
to mention Steel Lynx drones or dudes with heavy armor. A light Mil
grade armor can now take non-armor piercing Assault cannon round no
sweat. Nosir, i dont like it (And im the one thats making 36D ATGMS)

>
> BTW, Welcome to ShadowRN! :)

Thanks..

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