Re: Re: [SGII] Nasty Cover

[KH.Ranitzsch@xxxxxxxxxxx]

> This can get REAL complicated; prone is usually considered good as
reduced
> cross-section for being targeted. On the other hand, I remember an old
> episode of SWAT where they  explained it was bad on concrete, because
their
> studies indicated that bounced bullets tended to hug the ground.

You can discover all kinds of such oddities. 

A German tactical manual from 1903 mentions that bullets ricochet
differently off ploughed fields depending on whether the shooting is
parallel or perpendicular to the furrows. An effect no self-respecting
period wargame should be without ;-)

Greetings
Karl Heinz