Re: DS: SAW versus APSW versus RFAC

I always liked the idea of a inf weapon from Renegade Legion. I has a
small block of polymer
for ammo, and slices off pieces to form the projectile. It has a
"needle" setting for shredding
softer targets, and a "slug" setting for tougher targets. Rounds per
setting differ of course. This
is an interesting way to give your troops a supression AND firepower all
in one weapon, but
not have to keep up with a ammo types.
Scylla

Brian Bell wrote:

> >> Another point of note is that machine guns are not primarily
> employed to
> >> kill individual soldiers (what ? blasphemy?) but are employed to
> >> suppress an enemy position!! That is why they produce a 'cone of
> fire'
> >> and the pattern the rounds will form on the ground is a 'beaten
> zone';
> >> generally around 1 m wide and from 40 to 100+ m long (another
> reason why
> >> MGs are best used in ENFILADE). Heavy Machine Guns are meant to
> take out
> >> lightly armoured vehicles, lightly fortified postions and
> definitely are
> >> effective at SUPPRESSING  infantry.
> >>
> >	    And a last comment; please be a little careful about using
> the
> > 'in WWII.......'  Present day military theorists have recognised
> that
> > there is a great danger in preparing an army to 'fight the last
> war'.
>
> I was thinking that most infantry "machine gun" type weapons of the
> future designed for infantry suppression would be a flechette type
> weapon. I imagined that it would fire high density plastic or ceramic
> "needles" projected at hypersonic speeds.
>
> This would require a vastly increased fire rate, but much lighter ammo
>
> if the needles are fired individually (one per barrel). This weapon
> could even have hundreds of barrels set in a standard dispersion
> pattern
> (or have an adjustable spread).
>
> Or could use a lower fire rate and the same weight if they are fired
> in
> a submunition fashion (one shell produces x number of needles). With
> this type of ammo, you could probably set up a deadly boobytrap.
>
> If the needles are sharp enough and the speeds high enough, they
> should
> be able to penetrate light (read anything less than level 1 vehicle)
> armor.
>
> --
> Brian Bell
> brian.bell@axom.com
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