On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 12:30 PM, Onno Meyer <[email protected]> wrote: >> Sidenote; there isn't a whole lot of difference between a MBT's main >> Gun and a Ship's 5 gun, other than the amount of ancillary hardware >> supporting the weapon. > > Two points here: > > The 3" or 5" gun on modern ships is no longer the main weapon. It is a > backup to the missile silos, with cheaper and smaller ammo. > > And there are differences. The tank gun is optimized for maximum punch, at > the expense of RoF and range. Consider how many are still manually loaded.
It's also optimised for minimum weight and bulk. The naval gun and its support hardware and ammunition are something like the bulk of an entire tank and about half the weight. John _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
