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Re: DSII for the 2020s

From: Roger Books <books@m...>
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1999 09:49:27 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: DSII for the 2020s

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? :)

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