Re: Fighter Missiles and such
From: John Leary <john_t_leary@p...>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 13:28:12 -0800
Subject: Re: Fighter Missiles and such
Jared E Noble wrote:
...Snip...JTL
> To understand Heavy fighters (at least, the way I understand them)
They are
> _Unscreened_. However they are more resistant to the lower-power PDS
than
> normal fighters, but this level of protection is immaterial in
stopping larger
> weapons (C-batts, class-1 beams). Analogous to the difference in
small-arms
> protection in a Huey vs Apache (supposedly resistant to 12.7mm
small-arms fire)
> Hit either with a sidewinder and you are probably in for a nasty
weekend.
Human heavy fighters a 'screened', Kra'Vak fighters (all types) are
considered heavy (in this case heavy means - armored).
hope that helps,
Bye for now,
John L.