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Old 04-23-2021, 05:52 AM   #10
Sam Baughn
 
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Default Re: French C19th mitrailleuse

According to Wikipedia, the Reffye mitrailleuse shot a 13 mm 50 gram bullet at 480 meters per second. That's a kinetic energy of 5,760 Joules.

My simplified version of the gun damage formula is:

( (a^(1/2)) / (b)^(1/3) ) × c = d

Where a is kinetic energy in Joules, b is bullet diameter in mm, c is the arbitrary constant 0.23, and d is damage in dice.

That says it should do 7d+1 pi+. Using the more complicated equation from Interior and Terminal Ballistics for GURPS, I think it is slightly higher, around 7d+3 pi+. Either way, it's a lot of damage for the time.
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