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From: Ereskanti@***.com Ereskanti@***.com
Subject: Armor Penetration
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 10:05:23 EST
In a message dated 2/27/1999 6:12:36 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
gurth@******.nl writes:

> > > Momentum, which provides knockdown capability but, more importantly,
> > > preserves kinetic energy through the trajectory of the round.
> >
> > To me, for SR's mechanics, this would be "Range."
>
> It's something not represented in SR mechanics, I think. A bullet loses
> momentum the further down-range it gets, which could be included in SR by
> lowering either the Power Level or the Knock-Down TN for each range beyond
> Short (-1 per range category would be a way to do this).

Then perhaps Gurth, as SR is more abstract in these advanced concepts (Knock-
Down/Kickback), this is what would happen at longer ranges?

-K

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