Path: clanworld.com!news.webspan.net!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!news-peer.gip.net!news.gsl.net!gip.net!news.sprintisp.com!sprintisp!not-for-mail From: John Wolanski Newsgroups: alt.games.quake2,rec.games.computer.quake.playing,rec.games.computer.quake.misc,alt.games.quake Subject: Re: Gun specialists? What about *REAL* guns? Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 12:45:50 -0400 Lines: 26 Message-ID: <353392BE.4A42@juno.com> References: <35334ed9.3100497@news.telia.lt> Reply-To: jpwolanski_removethis@juno.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 168.191.8.156 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01C-SI304B01 (Win95; I) Xref: clanworld.com rec.games.computer.quake.playing:38859 rec.games.computer.quake.misc:27600 alt.games.quake:27817 bong wrote: > Can be this information correct? Are there real prototypes for gl, rl, > shotguns? (in Q1 too). I don't know about any of these, although I do know that there probably isn't a grenade launcher on the planet that can only shoot 25 feet or so. Hell, grenades can be thrown by hand much farther than that. If you haven't heard from somewhere else, already, the railgun is based on a similar gun from the movie Eraser that shoots slugs of uranium (one of the heaviest metals on the planet) at really high speeds and'll go through just about anything. My roommate's dad said that some anti-tank slugs are made from uranium as their weight provides greater impact and will shatter the interior of the tank's armor plate, forcing it to shoot out in a spray of shrapnel. I think it's called a HESH shell or something (don't quote me on that) and stands for Hight Explosive SHrapnel or something like that (again, don't quote me). There used to be this kick ass book at this one library called Weapons that was HUGE and explained everything from stone axes to actually giving a basic schematic of an atomic bomb. For the life of me, I can't find it anywhere anymore... -- John Wolanski -Remove the "_removethis" from my email address if emailing me.