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algcs
post Dec 8 2004, 02:53 PM
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The reason APDS ammo punches through barriers better than regular ammo is because regular ammo is made of lead or similar materials that deform and expand on impact with a barrier, while APDS ammo is built to have a smaller area of impact. It's the same reason an ice pick punches through barriers better than a hammer: it's the same amount of kinetic energy being transferred, but the ice pick focuses it all on a much smaller area, making it easier to punch a hole in something. Regular ammo actually does more damage to a target because it transfers more of its kinetic energy to the target, but when it strikes a barrier more of the kinetic energy is also transferred to the barrier for that same reason. APDS slips right through the barrier because it doesn't deform, leaves a smaller footprint on the barrier, and passes through, retaining more of its energy.


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When used, APDS halves (round down) the Ballistic Rating of armor or the Barrier Rating of an object in any attack.  APDS is not anti-vehicular and is therfore treated as normal ammunition against vehicles and drones.


So what is so special about a vehicle that the bullet resistent glass I put on it defeats AP ammo while the bullet reistent glass at the service station stays vunerable?

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- algcs   APDS vs vehicles and barriers   Dec 8 2004, 02:53 PM
- - toturi   You are presumably shooting at a vulnerable area o...   Dec 8 2004, 03:00 PM
- - algcs   QUOTE (toturi) You are presumably shooting at a vu...   Dec 8 2004, 03:02 PM
- - Austere Emancipator   Nothing. In my games, there is no inherent differe...   Dec 8 2004, 03:04 PM
- - Cray74   QUOTE (algcs)So what is so special about a vehicle...   Dec 8 2004, 03:14 PM
- - algcs   QUOTE (Cray74) Perhaps if an armored car window we...   Dec 8 2004, 03:18 PM
- - Tarantula   I'd say, if you wanted to put vehicle armor up...   Dec 8 2004, 03:26 PM
- - Cray74   QUOTE (algcs) QUOTE (Cray74 @ Dec 8 2004, 10:...   Dec 8 2004, 03:37 PM
- - Kagetenshi   It'd be arguable that past Armor 3 or so you w...   Dec 8 2004, 03:38 PM
- - Tarantula   QUOTE (Kagetenshi) It'd be arguable that past ...   Dec 8 2004, 03:42 PM
- - Arethusa   QUOTE (Kagetenshi) It'd be arguable that past ...   Dec 8 2004, 03:49 PM
- - Kagetenshi   Then kick the threshold armor up a few points. Fo...   Dec 8 2004, 03:56 PM
- - Cray74   QUOTE (Kagetenshi) It'd be arguable that past ...   Dec 8 2004, 03:58 PM
- - Kagetenshi   Fair enough. I was unaware of the progress that ha...   Dec 8 2004, 04:04 PM
- - Nikoli   I remember watching a show on vehicle armor (the b...   Dec 8 2004, 04:10 PM
- - Austere Emancipator   QUOTE (Nikoli)I remember watching a show on vehicl...   Dec 8 2004, 04:33 PM
- - Nikoli   Well, the stuf on limos is typically not meant for...   Dec 8 2004, 04:38 PM
- - Austere Emancipator   I understand that, it's just that being protec...   Dec 8 2004, 05:11 PM
- - Arethusa   In general, they don't try and claim protectio...   Dec 8 2004, 05:16 PM
- - Nikoli   One piece of footage they showed was a limo that w...   Dec 8 2004, 05:27 PM
- - Cray74   QUOTE (Austere Emancipator)I understand that, it...   Dec 8 2004, 05:29 PM
- - Austere Emancipator   Good points there. I guess I'm just more used ...   Dec 8 2004, 06:11 PM
- - algcs   QUOTE (Cray74) Sure, you cannot reasonably stop th...   Dec 8 2004, 06:42 PM
- - Cray74   Yes, "electromagnetic" or "electric...   Dec 8 2004, 07:34 PM

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