Not fully understanding High Tech's overheating rules

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Originally Posted by Ulzgoroth

As long as you're firing above the sustainable rate, you're counting total rounds fired since the gun was properly cooled down. So 300 rounds is 300 rounds regardless of how much time it took.

I don't see any reason that submachineguns or other light automatic weapons would be protected from the rigors of the overheating rules.

I know there's been discussion of automatic overheating in vacuum before. Try a search?

I found the thread. Turns out it was a thread I started. Oh. And it turns out that twice as fast, which I came up with, doesn't seem to have any real alternatives purposed. Even with twice as fast, turns out using a heavier barrel for a SMG, or changing barrels on a LMG, which they already can, seems like the best option.