Re: [GZG] [SG] Cracking Eggs with a Sledgehammer, was Power Armour with Shotguns

On 10/14/05, Oerjan Ariander <oerjan.ariander@telia.com> wrote:
> Brian Bilderback wrote:
>
> > >>>Even if the countermass consists of plain water, it can do pretty
nasty
> > >>>things to anything standing too close behind the weapon...
> > >>
> > >>And just how would you define "too close" in the given context?
> > >
> > >Up to at least 2-3 meters,
> >
> >I'm just curious how you arrived at that figure.
>
> First-hand experience with countermass weapons and recoilless guns,
> including seeing the marks the various countermasses we use can make
on
> steel plates.
>
> >Is that what it is now?
>
> No, today the danger zones behind countermass weapons are typically
around
> *20* meters in Earth sea-level atmosphere.

Ah.  thanks for clarifying.

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