| From: | David Hinkley dhinkley@***.org |
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| Subject: | Armor Penetration |
| Date: | Sat, 27 Feb 1999 03:27:43 -0800 |
To: shadowrn@*********.org
From: Adam Getchell <acgetchell@*******.edu>
Subject: Re: Armor Penetration
Send reply to: shadowrn@*********.org
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>
> Now lets take the Barret sniper rifle, .50 caliber weapon, 14D. We may
> attest that the increase is due to higher velocity, heavier round, and a
> longer barrel. However (and I don't have any ballistics tables on me), I'm
> not sure that the velocity difference between a .303 and .50 is large (by
> which I mean it is within a factor of 2), but we'll leave that open.
>
> Now let's compare a Heavy Machine gun, which by rights would be a .50
> caliber /14.2mm weapon also, and does 10S.
>
> Compared with a Barrett, an M2 .50 HMG lacks only barrel length and
> possibly, improved bullet composition. As I noted above, though, barrel
> length factors are at most 10-20% of kinetic energy. The jump from 10S to
> 14D is puzzling in that light, unless we postulate the existance of
> ammunition that is able to increase power by +4 and wound level by 1.
I do not believe that the difference in barrel length between a Barrett and a
M2HB is enough to have a significant effect on the weapons performance.
As to the jump, given the lack of correspondence with real life weapons
performance found in thie rest of the firearms tables why would you expect it
here?
David Hinkley
dhinkley@***.org
