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Originally posted by AmmoSgt: Please get your basic facts straight before you try and teach your Grandmother to suck eggs
I visited all those links you posted. Thank you for the data. I didn't find any balistic curve charts, which are usefull in determining inherent accuracy, which was the initial issue, but the Cruffler Consolidated Match Results posted at http://www.cruffler.com/matchdb.html did show that in only two result instances did the M1 Garand have a smaller grouping than that of even the 8mm Mauser you so succinctly pointed out was the standard WWII German weapon. All the other information was pretty much as I expected concerning the muzzle velocities at various distances from the bbl.
I could, with effort go back to my notes and manuals to find the information (difficult since they could be in any of three locations and untold number of boxes) on most common calibers in current use. Yes, I picked the wrong bullet size. Since my memory is not perfect and I have not worked as a gunsmith, nor sold guns to anyone in more than 20 years, errors happen.
So before you deride someone for trying to teach his Grandmother to suck eggs, you should find out if he is an old egg-sucker himself.
This, of course, does not address the issue of how the weapons work in SPWaW. The bazooka issue is of interest to me, and I am not familier with military ordinance. (They wouldn't let me sell that to the tribes.) Since three shots in the game effectively took out three vehicles and the fourth immobilized a Tiger, it is of a lot of interest. I was a bit stunned by the bazook's 98% accuracy on the first shot at 200 yds, when my own Panzerfaust at one-hex range missed at 50%. I don't have a problen with the Pen numbers; all the AT weapons seem to do what the were designed to do against targets with the same generation introduction dates. i just didn't think wire-guides were developed until recently...
There is a disparity there, as in other places and weapons. I'll live with it (or my units will die with it) and be greatful for the fact that my Tigers will crush all that crosses their path. Muawhahaha.
[ February 05, 2002: Message edited by: Challenge ]
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