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Old 10-08-2016, 08:25 AM   #11
Anaraxes
 
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Default Re: TL4 to TL5 Cannons and Carronades

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Originally Posted by Anthony View Post
it should be taken with a medium to large grain of salt if applied to anything outside the range of TL 6-8 small arms
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Originally Posted by sir_pudding View Post
Especially, as I said, smoothbore cannon using serpentine or corned powder
Agreed on both. Also should a question arise about real-world effects, since the fundamental starting point, and point of compatibility, was pre-existing GURPS stats. Those might well be accurate, or they might not. Regardless, Doug's spreadsheet isn't meant to be a physical simulation of kinetic energy penetrators from first principles.
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