| From: | Gurth gurth@******.nl |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Drones and Weapon Mounts |
| Date: | Mon, 12 Jul 1999 11:54:25 +0200 |
the street was...
> Hell, I don't even think 30mm chain gun ammo fires a projectile that
> long.
*looks over shoulder*
*gets up*
*holds hand next to cartridge*
The projectile is about the length of my index finger :)
(The whole round, casing plus projectile, is about the length of my hand,
BTW.)
I could do better measurements with a ruler, but I don't feel like getting
up again...
> Is SR today? No, but the parallels are there, particluarly in weapons
> technology. I'm figuring that thier 14S rounds fill a .300 Win Mag or
> possibly a .338 Luapa role when compaired to the 9S (rougly equiv. to .308
> Win/7.62NATO) and 7S (roughly .243 Rem) sporitng rifles.
There is AFAIK one place where the caliber of a sniping rifle is
mentioned, and that's in the opening story of Elven Fire -- the SM-3 is of
.655 caliber, according to that. With the old sniping rifle ranges (400 m
max.) that didn't make a hell of a lot of sense, but with the new SR3
range table, it just might...
> Haven't seen your movie, but this is not a rifle of any kind that you are
> describing
Neither have I, but my guess is Dennis has seen an M82 sniper rifle or
equivalent -- for some reason favorite with movie makers, much like Desert
Eagle pistols (and the only movie I've seen where a Desert Eagle actually
made sense was in Austin Powers :)
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