[HoE] Re: Tech Level

[deadlander@juno.com (Templar Simon)]

This is what I was told and I'll relay it to you.  Military types here
please confirm or deny, I'd like to know the definite truth also.

What the military really wants is a weapon that will tie up as much of
the enemies resources as possible.  If you shoot and kill an opponent
that is one man out of the opposing army.  If you shoot and wound that
opponent he will tie up the resources of 3 more men to care for and
protect him.  Not that 3 other men perform this duty, you understand,
we're talking about resources (not actual bodies).  In this way you
actually take down 4 men for every one wounded.  Makes the war that much
more expensive for the other side.

Templar Simon

On Wed, 23 Dec 1998 04:12:00 -0500 Ryan Wilson <bursar@lightstream.net>
writes:
>Pat Phalen wrote:
>> 
>  Their goal was very small: in a
>> combat situation, the M-16 has about a 5-10% effectiveness.  They
>> wanted to raise that to 15% and are just starting to come close to
>> that.  
>
>	Not really on topic, but I'm just curious: exactly how is the 
>combat
>effectiveness of a weapon determined? Obviously it's ability to stop 
>the
>enemy, but what else goes into that; propensity to jam, ammo capacity,
>etc. Not important, just curiousity at an early hour.
>		
>		Ryan Wilson bursar@lightstream.net
>
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