BF Evo, future weapons
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Paladin said:
I don't know about Hiromoon, but I like it. This is getting closer to the science that SST is about where exosuits might allow a person to drop
several levels down from a building and not get injured by the "clothing" going rigid and absorbing the shock. Scarves of a sort could help armor the neck area that is normally left covered and like the article said it can increase the effectiveness of current body armor. About three years ago I bought some Haggar Freedom (tm) pants to show my computer customers that the nanotech age had come to everyday use with their no stain/no wrinkle features. Now I can add "no bleed" to that list, lol. :wink:
Wow, I just had a scary thought. What if they just went ahead and integrated it with the soldier's biology and made us into homogeneous armored organisms. :shock: They could still keep the armor Hiromoon just showed us (it looks like it has powered exo-skeletal legs as well), but just toughen up our hide- literally. Cuts, scrapes and shrapnel damage would be minimised. I mean, if they can saturate cloth maybe they can saturate flesh too. :idea: This reminds me too much of higher-density people from... Krypton :!: Weird. Life imitating art maybe?
its not a future weapon but it does deserve something.
the Spectre gunship, does anyone think rules/stats might be included for this nasty peice of kit?
watch the USAF Spec Ops Wing episode of firepower on sunday and all i can say is OMFG, its a flying Man'O'War, seems more naval than air force.
the Spectre gunship, does anyone think rules/stats might be included for this nasty peice of kit?
watch the USAF Spec Ops Wing episode of firepower on sunday and all i can say is OMFG, its a flying Man'O'War, seems more naval than air force.
hegemon said:
Call up Somalia to get their latest opinion of Spectre. I heard that at least one U.S. AC-130 gunship attacked a suspected al-Qaida training camp/area Sunday on an island at the southern tip of Somalia. If you ask them how to convert the effect into a tabletop game and want to know how many dice to use, they might say "All of them"... :shock:
Lets see.... There's currently TWO versions of the AC-130...
AC-130H Spectre:
- 2 M61 20mm Vulcan Cannon
- 1 L60 40mm Bofors Cannon
- 1 M102 105mm Howizter
(14 Total crew)
AC-130U Spooky:
- 1 25mm GAU-12 Gatlin gun (1,800 rounds per minute)
- 1 L60 40mm Bofors Cannon (100 shots per minute)
- 1 M102 105mm Cannon (6-10 rounds / minute)
(13 Total crew)
Fire Rates:
AC-130H:
- 20mm recommended burst: 1 to 5 seconds
- 40mm note: due to lethal envelope, rapid fire is recommended. Optimum burst is 3 to 4 seconds.
- 105mm is a single shot weapon
AC-130U:
- 25mm
(pause for dinner..)
Back...
Well, according to the paper work there isn't anything recommended for the AC-130U's armament...so probably uses the other recommended rates...
AC-130H Spectre:
- 2 M61 20mm Vulcan Cannon
- 1 L60 40mm Bofors Cannon
- 1 M102 105mm Howizter
(14 Total crew)
AC-130U Spooky:
- 1 25mm GAU-12 Gatlin gun (1,800 rounds per minute)
- 1 L60 40mm Bofors Cannon (100 shots per minute)
- 1 M102 105mm Cannon (6-10 rounds / minute)
(13 Total crew)
Fire Rates:
AC-130H:
- 20mm recommended burst: 1 to 5 seconds
- 40mm note: due to lethal envelope, rapid fire is recommended. Optimum burst is 3 to 4 seconds.
- 105mm is a single shot weapon
AC-130U:
- 25mm
(pause for dinner..)
Back...
Well, according to the paper work there isn't anything recommended for the AC-130U's armament...so probably uses the other recommended rates...
Daddy Dragon
Banded Mongoose
BuShips said:
The one that reads "Friendly fire, isn't."?
Regards,
Larry
If I'm not mistaken they're looking into upgrading the venerable Spectre again, getting rid of the GAU-12 and the Bofors for a set of 30mm Bushmaster II's, swapping the Howitzer for a 120mm mortar, and maybe bolting on a few missiles as well 8)
You do not want to get on that thing's bad side.
You do not want to get on that thing's bad side.
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