Re: [SG2] AGL vs SAW

In a message dated 10/28/03 9:54:33 AM Central Standard Time, 
mwbrown@sonic.net writes:

> Think of the AGL as an HMG that shots things that go BOOM.  This is an
area 
> effect weapon, the chance to hit is based on HE effects, not direct
hits by 
> individual rounds (really bad for the receiving team).  Range should
be 
> better 
> than a SAW, more powder behind the round.
> 
> Michael Brown
> 

In modern parlance the US GL is attached to the barrel of an assault
rifle 
and bloops rounds out to about 300 meters. The AGL version (the Mark 19
AGL) is 
a heavy weapon meant for a tripod or a vehicle mount. The grenade is 
higherpowered than the simple GL round, but its range is really only
about double to 
600 meters or so. The SAW on a bipod can be accurate to at least 800
meters, 
maybe a thousand.