Re: [GZG] Small arms tech and troop quality

On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 6:09 PM, Tom B <kaladorn@gmail.com> wrote:

> If you traded weapons:
>
> TL1 Q4: Veteran Gaurds with smoothbore muskets
> TL4 Q1: Untrained rabble with high tech ACRs
>
> The suggestion here would be that the result is equal. I don't think
so. All
> the expertise in the world won't overcome the basic ballistics and ROF
of
> the smoothbore.  Idiots may be using the ACRs, but some of the rounds
are
> likely to find their mark and they shoot a lot more a lot faster and
to
> better range even in the hands of clowns.

A lot depends on the floor of your tech level.	If your bottom-tech
troops are using bolt-action magazine rifles (SMLE, Kar98, M1903) then
the difference is not nearly as dramatic.

John
-- 
"Thousands of Sarmatians, Thousands of Franks, we've slain them again
and again.  We're looking for thousands of Persians."
--Vita Aureliani

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