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- Path: sparky!uunet!psinntp!ncrlnk!ciss!law7!military
- From: eriks@lin.foa.se (Erik Svensson FOA2)
- Subject: Re: RPG Combat Rules & Reality
- Message-ID: <Bxo17L.687@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Keywords: rpg
- Sender: military@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Sci.Military Login)
- Organization: FOA, Linkoping, Sweden
- References: <BxM629.54s@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 17:42:57 GMT
- Approved: military@law7.daytonoh.ncr.com
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- From eriks@lin.foa.se (Erik Svensson FOA2)
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- >From a2husek@rzdspc23.informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Carsten Husek)
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- >How effective are kelvar jackets or similar armour? In one Game I play nothing
- >but Assault Rifles (or heavier weapons) could penetrate kelvar jackets and
- >even then the target got only a light wound !
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- That depends on the caliber of the weapon and the ammunition fired. A shotgun
- firing shot will not penetrate while magnum loaded .44 magnum shells w. copper
- nosed teflon bullets will (I know, we tried). The question is really to general
- to be answered easily.
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- >How important is personal toughness ('constitution') in surviving wounds?
- >Is it more difficult to kill 'tough guys' than a whimp?
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- Don't know.
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- Erik Svensson Research Officer
- Guided Weapons Division National Defense Research Establishment (FOA)
- Stockholm Sweden
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