A little background: This is the first installment of a series longer than
I dare think about:) containing MegaTraveller weapons redone in 3G and converted
to MegaTraveller.
One thing that should be expected is that the penetration figures will be
superior for high-powered weapons, which I hope will offset the 'My weapon
won't penetrate my own armor' syndrome.
On the conversion: I arrived at the penetration figures by computing the
thickness of armor quality steel that a certain weapon should penetrate and
then converting this to MegaTraveller penetration by using the table in Striker.
(The amount of armor plate steel that a certain armor factor represents is
equal to the weight and price mod of that armor factor as found in point 9,
Refs Handbook, page 63. In Striker that table had the heading cm where it now
has 'mod' but the article on radiation in TD#14 (?) supports that it still
means cm.
The penetrations in DV are randomly determines, and I have based the MegaT
penetration figures on 1/3rd between exact average and the maximum, to
reflect that the weapon often should penetrate this armor factor.)
The Table below lists what 3G Damage Value the various armor values
correspond to:
ARMOR DV ARMOR DV
1 14 61 11197
2 27 62 12225
3 41 63 13360
4 54 64 14550
5 68 65 15849
6 81 66 17309
7 95 67 18878
8 108 68 20609
9 122 69 22448
10 135 70 24503
11 149 71 26721
12 162 72 29101
13 176 73 31751
14 191 74 34618
15 209 75 37755
16 227 76 41163
17 248 77 44895
18 270 78 48952
19 295 79 53388
20 322 80 58418
21 351 81 63286
22 382 82 69236
23 417 83 75727
24 455 84 82218
25 496 85 89791
26 541 86 97905
27 590 87 106559
28 644 88 116295
29 703 89 127114
30 763 90 138473
31 833 91 150914
32 909 92 164436
33 990 93 179582
34 1082 94 195809
35 1179 95 213659
36 1287 96 233132
37 1396 97 254227
38 1531 98 276945
39 1666 99 301827
40 1785 100 329414
41 1985 101 359164
42 2164 102 391618
43 2358 103 427318
44 2575 104 465723
45 2807 105 506291
46 3062 106 551727
47 3337 107 605818
48 3640 108 659909
49 3970 109 659909
50 4327 110 784318
51 4717 111 784318
52 5144 112 930364
53 5625 113 930364
54 6112 114 1108864
55 6653 115 1108864
56 7302 116 1319818
57 7951 117 1319818
58 8655 118 1568636
59 9412 119 1568636
60 10277 120 1860727
Ironmongery: The weapons below has been done for each of the TLs where they
appear. I have assumed that a certain technology (for example cased rounds as
opposed caseless ammo) will linger on for one TL after the new technology has
appeared. Certain TL's are duplicated in 3G (for example, MegaT TL 7 and 8 are
both represented by the 3G TL 11) and won't be included.
The data given are the standard MegaTraveller data for weapons, plus lenght,
weight and price (Prc) figures. I assume that 1kg is equal to 1liter in volume.
The weights given for the weapons are without ammunition and clips, but
revolvers include the weight of the drum, but not the individual rounds.
Data on separate drums are given if additional drums are to be purchased.
Ammunition data are for the various different types. 'Lead' is standard
jacketed lead projectiles. 'AP' is solid steel armor piercing rounds.
'DS' is sub calibre discarding sabot rounds, 'APDS' is the latter combined with
a solid steel or tungsten core. 'HP' is hollow point soft/nosed bullets.
Additional data after price is data that is not normally used in the
standard MegaTraveller combat system. I'll get back to this in an subsequent
installment.
Ammunition is *not* compatible across TL lines, and most probably not between
systems either. Standaridized weapons *of a certain TL* that are compatible
between systems can be bought for 1.5 the cost at the large outlets for
Interstellarms or similar companies, or at 3 times the cost if bought at
the starport shops.
This first installment includes 5mm, 7mm, 9mm, and 9mm Magnum revolvers for
the TLs 5-9. I have assumed that a caseless revolver is a silly idea, so
no revolver designs for TLs above 9 will be forthcoming. If anyone disagrees
with this: mail me.
Comments are always welcome.
- -bertil-
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