Re: Gyros affecting recoil

Mark F. Cook [email removed] writes:
>
> Yes AND no, Paul.  You're right that gyros don't absorb any recoil (you'll
> still get kicked in the shoulder just as hard).  But that's not the point.
> >From both a real-life military standpoint AND a RPG standpoint, the
> detrimental effect recoil has on accuracy is barrel climb.  Virtually
> nothing else matters.

I have to disagree again, Mark! :-)

One of the reasons Traveller classes weapons as low, medium and high recoil
is that some people fight in zero-G.  A low recoil weapon (e.g. snub pistol)
is better for use in zero-G than a high-recoil weapon (e.g. PGMP) because
it doesn't send you backwards at great speed into the wall behind you.
There's also the matter of the strength of the person holding the gun, and
the effect the recoil will have on someone who isn't holding it properly.

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