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- From: HADCRJAM@admin.uh.edu (MILLER, JIMMY A.)
- Subject: Re: RPG Combat Rules & Reality
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- Organization: University of Houston Administrative Computing
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 17:40:19 GMT
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- From HADCRJAM@admin.uh.edu (MILLER, JIMMY A.)
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- In <BxtK1y.1Ay@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM> billmcc@seanews.akita.com writes:
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- > From billmcc@seanews.akita.com (Bill McCormick)
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- > In article <Bxq1G2.At@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM> MegaZone23 <megazone@hikita.wpi.edu> writes:
- > >Modern jackets/vests are fairly effective, but one thing most games ignore is
- > >kinetic energy. Sure, so you got DAMN lucky and the .44 didn't punch through
- >
- > I've always wondered about this. The person *shooting* the .44 had to
- > accept just as much momentum when shooting as the bullet imparts to the
- > recipient.
- >
- > It seems like if the vest distributes this over a wide enough area you
- > could void any damage at all.
-
- Well, yes but this is pretty tricky, I would think. And in answer to the
- question concerning about the shooter receiving momentum, consider that the
- shooter has shock absorbtion available (stocks, gas bleeds, the motion of the
- body or hands backwards, momentum absorbed by the mass of the weapon itself,
- etc.). The target has to absorb all that kinetic force on a spot somewhat
- smaller than a dime...
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- semper fi,
-
- Jammer Jim Miller
- Texas A&M University '89 and '91
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