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Old 11-13-2019, 09:43 AM   #25
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Default Re: 25mm Payload Rifle [Ultratech]

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Originally Posted by Joseph Paul View Post
I would like to see more discussion leading to constructive guidelines about several of the issues with UT ammo. Fast small bullets don't have a lot of space for control surfaces and most of those will not be very effective. The time to target shouldn't change which puts a crimp in how much the bullet can be made to deviate and home on the target. and changing the time to target would drastically change the delivered force for non-payload munitions. Also some sensor sensibility and pitting sensors against Powers.
High Tech gives the coarse rule of thumb of using 500 yards/sec for low angle shot times and 250 yards/sec for high angle shots. You could use those numbers for per round speed of viper rounds.
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