| From: | gurth@******.nl (Gurth) |
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| Subject: | belt ammunition |
| Date: | Tue, 6 May 2003 19:22:26 +0200 |
the street was...
> I think he means, that there are "placeholder" rounds inserted between
> live munitions, not actually wider connections between the actual
> munitions. Like: R-R-R-R-D-D-D-R-R-R-R (R=Round, D=Dead round)
And the point of this would be what, exactly? The weapon would stop after
four rounds, and then you'd have to pull the charging handle a couple of
times before you can fire again... Except for shooting drills, as Arclight
mentioned, I can't really think of why you'd want anything less than the
full number of rounds in a belt.
> You both have a point: On one hand, gaps in live ammo prevent
> overheating the weapon, and can prevent jamming, OTOH it makes sense to
> leave some space to leave room for attaching several belts for
> continious feed.
Continuous belts are usually attached by means of a round: two "end" links
are hooked together and a round inserted into them to keep them together.
(At least, this is how German belts work; I've never seen a Russian one up
close.) Disintegrating belts _have_ no space, because any empty place in
them means the belt will fall apart.
> > (Changing a BF weapon to FA is easy: just remove the burst control
> > device.)
>
> Well, no. You have to strengthen the mechanism used to handle the stree,
> but that are just replacements of parts.
How so? All current BF-capable weapons -- to stick to SR terms -- either
also have an FA firing mode, or were based on FA weapons. Remove the
counter and you have a weapon that's just as FA-capable as the next
assault rifle.
> IIRC, Cannon Companion has
> rules for changing the firing modes of a weapon.
It does, but for some reason this takes up extra space and weight in the
weapon, even though the text says the weapon is _not_ designed to
withstand the extra stress.
> > The reason for adjustable gas ports is so they can be opened further
> > when the weapon is dirty; the resulting increased ROF in a clean
> > weapon is a side-effect.
>
> Isn't there a danger of the weapon blowing up if more gas is inserted in
> the chamber?
In extreme cases, yes. Which is why the mechanism is there to compensate
for dirt, and not for normal use: the regulator is adjusted to give normal
operating pressure, so that under combat conditions if there is no chance
to clean the weapon, it can be opened further as a temporary measure.
Then, once the weapon has been cleaned, it is closed back up to its normal
setting again.
(I also forgot to mention that another side-effect is that spent casings
will be ejected much more violently if the regulator is opened.)
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