[WW] Re: Australians and Damage Values

[Michael Robert Blair <pellinoire@yahoo.com>]

I think there might still have been Australians in the
RAF or RN. I know there were earlier in the war.
As long as the Aussies keep their cruisers away from
the Yanks they should be OK...

Damage Values
I haven't seen the book yet but this is worrying. I
would expect compression of damage values but this a
bit far.

A quick look at my database gives the following
values:

                                                
Bullet
                   Damage Formulae   MV     ME    Mass
Cartridge         TKO HRSP  PH  WLF  M/s   Joules
grams
.50 Browning      145  458  76  715  854  16774   46
.30 M-1 Carbine     9  140  13  130  602   1287    7.1
.30 M1 Carbine      9  141  14  131  607   1308    7.1
.30-06 Springfield 21  153  52  292  823   3962   11.7
.30-06 Springfield 17  222  39  236  957   3709    8.1
.30-06 Springfield 19  206  40  262  887   3816    9.7
.30-06 Springfield 23  170  40  318  735   3863   14.3
.30-06 Springfield 20  198  41  277  853   3893   10.7
.30-06 Springfield 21  191  41  292  823   3962   11.7

TKO  Taylor Knock Out
HRSP Hatcher’s Relative Stopping Power
PH   Penetration (Hogg)
WLF  Wootter’s Lethality Factor

None of these formulae are particularly scientific -
but they do show the relative effectivness.
I have no respect for the .30 M1 Carbine. It was
issued instead of a pistol because it was easier to
use than an M1911A1. It's cartridge was basically a
pistol cartridge. It was light and handy but it could
not compare with a Garand at range. Still it would
kill and maim at normal combat ranges and that was
what mattered.

Remember the .50 BMG origionated as an anti-tank
cartridge at the end of the Great War, it is like
putting O J Simpson in the Little League (am I mixing
up sports metaphors? I dont care, I am not American).

Give me some Weirdwars values and I will see if we can
model it a bit more realistically (the game has
werewolves and he is talking realism?)


Michael


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