From:	Paul J. Adam Paul@********.demon.co.uk
Subject:	APDS and Smartlinks
Date:	Fri, 26 Feb 1999 22:35:44 +0000

In article <19990226.120812.-880927.0.dghost@****.com>, dghost@****.com
writes
>On Fri, 26 Feb 1999 12:55:22 +0100 Sven De Herdt
><Sven.DeHerdt@***********.be> writes:
><SNIP>
>>2. I think it is crap that you have to compare the UNMODIFIED power of
>>a weapon with the armor rating. This means that a HMG won't penetrate
>>the armor, but a sniper would? This sounded a bit illogical to me,
>>especially if you consider the caliber of the HMG or am I mistaken in
>>this one?
>
>1) If one round can't penetrate, why would half dozen be able to?

Look at (for instance) the side of a tank. It's mostly slabs of armour
that will deflect most man-portable threats: there's the turret ring,
which is an unavoidable weak spot: there's the tracks and running gear,
which is very hard to armour.

One shot from a Fairly Big Gun that can pierce 50mm of armour, will
mostly bounce off or hang up in the armour. A dozen rounds from
something that can pierce 20mm of armour will mostly bounce, but one or
two are likely to find soft spots and get through.

>2) The increase in Power from BF or FA is partly (mostly?) in place of
>rolling 2-15(+?) separate attack and damage resistance rolls.

And IMHO that should apply to firing at armoured targets too. The more
darts you throw, the greater the chance of finding one of the
unavoidable weak spots.


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Paul J. Adam