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acrosome · 05-01-2016, 08:14 AM

Frankly, reducing damage by 0.7 and dropping the size modifier by one (pi++ becomes pi+, etc.) is excessive for a human target. Really, what's the significant difference if the projectile passing through your body is steel or jacketed lead? (Ignoring fragmentation.) Most modern small arm AP is really a sort of APHC, anyway (see the M993 frex) so you should probably only get less damage if the bullet has to penetrate significant DR- for instance, if the AP modifier makes the difference between a penetration or not, shaving the soft outer layer off the smaller penetrator.

05-01-2016, 08:14 AM	#3
acrosome Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: The Land of Enchantment	Re: M855A1 ammo- AP? Frankly, reducing damage by 0.7 and dropping the size modifier by one (pi++ becomes pi+, etc.) is excessive for a human target. Really, what's the significant difference if the projectile passing through your body is steel or jacketed lead? (Ignoring fragmentation.) Most modern small arm AP is really a sort of APHC, anyway (see the M993 frex) so you should probably only get less damage if the bullet has to penetrate significant DR- for instance, if the AP modifier makes the difference between a penetration or not, shaving the soft outer layer off the smaller penetrator. __________________ I'd need to get a grant and go shoot a thousand goats to figure it out. Last edited by acrosome; 05-01-2016 at 08:23 AM.