[email removed] says (in message 6903):
>Subject: equipment & errata
...
>I also have found some more suspicious items in the
>T:TNE rules. In the Autoguns weapon listings for the
>VRF Gauss guns I have the following stats which seem
>to be slightly transposed:
>
> -----Weight----
>Caliber Empty Loaded Ammo Magazine
>- ------------------------------------------------------
>VRF Gauss gun (veh) 26.68 41.68 15 30000C/2
>VRF Gauss gun (mp) 162.68 162.43 0.25 500C/137
>
> Price Price
>Caliber Weapon Ammo
>- ---------------------------------------
>VRF Gauss gun (veh) 4213 0.01/320
>VRF Gauss gun (mp) 5103 0.01/915
>
>
>Somehow it just seems counter-intuitive that the
>vehicular weapon weighs less. It seems that most of
>the above numbers for the veh model with the exception
>of ammo wt. and magazine cap. should be switched with
>the mp model and vice-versa.
I had the same question, and asked Loren about this
(via GEnie) several weeks ago. The numbers _are_ correct,
as the "man-luggable" version needs batteries (HEAVY
batteries) to fire all those rounds. The vehicle-mounted
weapon draws power from the vehicle, and thus doesn't need
batteries. The "Man-Portable" VRF Gauss Gun is really the
high-tech equivalent of an emplaced machine-gun, and is not
man-portable in the same sense that the PGMP and FGMP are.
>Another item: what is the mass of a sand cannister and
>what is its volume? I assume the improvement in beam
>reduction by sand casters is a result of the electro-
>magnetic field generated and not because of different
>types of sand.
These are in FF&S, page 58 ("Defensive Systems"). A
cannister masses 0.5 tonnes and displaces 0.5 m3. The
improving performance is due to increased control at first,
but the switch to gravitically controlled sand allows
nonmagnetic (and more efficient) sand to be used.
>Peter B. Juzyk
James Kundert
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