Re: DSII for the 2020s

At 09:49 AM 12/3/99 -0500, you wrote:
>On  2-Dec-99 at 22:10, Los (los@cris.com) wrote:
>> Hey guys regardinmg any round that fires discarding Sabot, I've never
seen
>> this mentioned in any mini-rules but there are definate hazardous
>> conditions to consider.
>> 
>> 1. If your tanks are firing chemical propellant rounds: The
overpressure on
>> a 120mm main tank gun can kill a soldier within a ninety degree arc
out to
>> 200 meters.
>> 
>> 2. Discarding sabots can kill soldiers between 200-1000 meters. (I've
seen
>> the peices out on teh range, flung out this far like shrapnel.
>> 
>
>So to use your tank in anti-personnel mode get within 200 meters
>and shoot in the general direction of your enemy?  If they are beyond
>that range use the sabot as shrapnel? :)

Actually my choice of the word shrapnel is not quite accurate, it's
basicaly two pieces, the left and right half of the sabot, but it's just
as
deadly.

Los