Re: Rifle types

A few comments...

Volley fire with bolt action rifles can have a machinegun effect, but it
requires a platoon (WWI size, about 50 rifles) to do it.  The men behind
the
rifles could not be dispersed if any sort command and control were to be
exercised (neccessary to pick out on target give it machine gun like
volley's of
fire).

The quality of militia will be directly related to where they are from. 
If they
live in a nice safe enviroment or urban area (the police must protect
me,
right?), they will have little knowledge or practice with weapons.  If
they come
form a rural area (it will take hours for the police to show up to deal
with the
problem) with life threatening predators (as in crocodiles, lions,
bears, etc.
deffinately not Aliens aka the movies), then they will use weapons as a
tool in
everyday life and be very proficient with them...  In my FT/DSII/Stellar
Conquest rules militia quality related to the habitability of the
planet, the
more habitable, the lower the quality...

The US military is working on a "super weapon" again.  It's as bad if
not worse
than SPIW.  Those troops better start doing a lot of push up, because a
15 pound
weapon system with 5.56 assault rifle, 20 mm grenade launcher, and very
exotic
targeting computer/sight is coming...  I wonder what it is going to do
to all of
those good shots withs experience on light weight rifles...

As to which is better, a light AR or a heavy BR, it mostly depends on
who you
are fighting.  How much damage do you need to do "neutralize hostile
aggression?"  If it is a human, 5.56 is fine, as long as he is not on
druggs...
If it is an alien species?  If it is an alien species on druggs???  The
make
even stronger, a lot of police departments are skeptical about the 5.7mm
FN
P90.  Police can expect to have to deal with people on druggs,
militaries can
expect the opposite (but not always...).

IAS

IAS