Forever Babra Posted January 8, 2001 Share Posted January 8, 2001 I recently noticed the immense speed with which these units can reduce even heavy buildings to rubble. I did a small pseudo-test and noted that a one-storey heavy building will not last more than 40 seconds under fire from a 40mm. A one-storey light building has less than 20 seconds before it crumbles. A pair of 40mm firing together can level any building more effectively than a 290mm mortar in an AVRE. I didn't perform any tests against infantry in the open, so I pose the question: Is the effectiveness of this weapon due to its high rate of fire, or is it perhaps a case of the blast effect not being modelled correctly? I am loathe to use the "B" word.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vergeltungswaffe Posted January 8, 2001 Share Posted January 8, 2001 Very interesting question. I had never noticed that the AA guns are effective house demolishers. I don't know, but I would suspect that a rapid stream of high-explosive 40mm shells would, in fact, seriously tear up the typical building that is most often represented in CM scenarios. At least the smaller ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dittohead Posted January 8, 2001 Share Posted January 8, 2001 Noticed the same thing, must be caused by the weak European Building codes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanir Posted January 9, 2001 Share Posted January 9, 2001 I'm pretty sure it's the high rate of fire. Damn things fire a burst every four seconds or so. ------------------ You've never heard music until you've heard the bleating of a gut-shot cesspooler. -Mark IV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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