Re: [DS2] Gauss Weapons
From: agoodall@s... (Allan Goodall)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 00:37:58 GMT
Subject: Re: [DS2] Gauss Weapons
On Wed, 26 Aug 1998 17:21:26 +0100, Tim Jones
<Tim.Jones@Smallworld.co.uk>
wrote:
>Advantages
>
> o Very high rate of fire (arty machine guns)
> o Lower tolerances on ammo
> o Stealth
I'd argue that a gauss weapon will pump out a lot of EM radiation. If
the
projectile goes supersonic it's going to be pretty loud, too. On the
other
hand you probably won't have a telltale flash, so it would have an
advantage
in night combat.
Allan Goodall agoodall@sympatico.ca
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