Re: [SG,DS] Power Armour Weapon

maybe I am wrong, but isn't the advantage of a water (or other fluid)
cooled 
weapon that long bursts can be fired without the need to replace the
barrel. 
The entire point of a power armoured force is that it can carry pretty
much 
everything it needs in its suit. Not having to stop and change the
barrel on 
a weapon would be a huge time-saver (wouldn't it?). Maybe for personal 
weapons this would be unnecesary, but with a SAW...

Richard

>I tend to fall on the opposition side of this issue.  It seems to me
that 
>if
>you are going to have to make choices in wiehgt allocation then why 
>allocate
>to water or coolant when a bigger gun, more ammo, a secondary weapon 
>system,
>or contermeasures, etc can be taken.  The advantage to water-cooled MGs
>isn't all that great anyhow.
>
>Now, if you are talking about a timeline such as a VSF setting, the
>advantage of a water-cooled MG would make sense as there aren't too
many
>other options.
>
>Eli

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