[HT] Full-Auto weapons and RoF #!

Polydamas · 05-08-2012, 08:27 PM

Again, as a non-gunner, I notice that High Tech p. 82, 83 explains what a RoF like 8 can mean in real terms. Note that most actual machine guns have a ! RoF, and that switching between fully automatic and semi-automatic usually requires a Ready manoeuvre.

In a gritty game where I enforced this, I would use the minimum burst length on p. B408 on all fully automatic fire, and the limited burst rules for all limited bursts. I think that the rule in the Basic Set is designed to abstract away the difference between semi-automatic, limited bursts, and fully automatic mode.

05-08-2012, 08:27 PM	#6
Polydamas Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Central Europe	Re: [HT] Full-Auto weapons and RoF #! Again, as a non-gunner, I notice that High Tech p. 82, 83 explains what a RoF like 8 can mean in real terms. Note that most actual machine guns have a ! RoF, and that switching between fully automatic and semi-automatic usually requires a Ready manoeuvre. In a gritty game where I enforced this, I would use the minimum burst length on p. B408 on all fully automatic fire, and the limited burst rules for all limited bursts. I think that the rule in the Basic Set is designed to abstract away the difference between semi-automatic, limited bursts, and fully automatic mode. __________________ "It is easier to banish a habit of thought than a piece of knowledge." H. Beam Piper This forum got less aggravating when I started using the ignore feature Last edited by Polydamas; 05-08-2012 at 08:31 PM.