Re: [HoE] Some Thoughts on Ammo

[Allan Seyberth <darious@darious.com>]

>I guess I can live with 7.62 (AK-47, right?) doing 4d8 damage, though this
>seems a little much to me.  But how on earth does a 5.56 round (M-16) do 3d8
>damage?  Those bullets aren't THAT big, are they?  The 7.62 is at least close
>to a 9mm with a bit more powder behind it, but the 5.56 is almost half the
>size of a 9mm slug, right?  I was under the impression that most assault
>weapon bullets tended to be a little smaller than standard rifle rounds,
or at
>least didn't have as much powder, as they were designed with the idea that
you
>wouldn't be shooting at anything past 300 ft. or so.  

Not true - I regularly hit a man sized silhouette at 300 yards (not often
enough, but regularly) with an M-16A2.

One primary difference between the AK-47 and the M16 is that the M16's 5.56
round is a tumbler.  That means that instead of hitting you and going
through, the 5.56 will spin in your body, theoretically creating a higher
chance of wounding instead of killing a man.

Remember:
A bullet in the arm will do very little harm,
A pellet in the head will make you very dead.
			Fred, the singing bandit.


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Allan Seyberth
darious@darious.com

Why did the chicken cross the road?

Janeway:
Its primary goal was no doubt to get back to the Alpha Quadrant...and it
probably misses its dog.