Guys, this thread has been great. I don't know where else I could consult with combat engineers, sailors, weapon designers, and a slew of other backgrounds all in one convenient forum.
I think ultimately the conclusion of "stay away from pirate zones" is the best advice, but it's good to see that I'm not totally off base in my assertion that an RPG would be a difficult weapon to use against a boat from another boat. As a scenario, you could put a team of commandos on a sailboat "q-ship", and team of pirates in a powerboat. A sailboat with a popup/camoflaged stabilized 20mm cannon could be all kinds of fun. That could be fun and different. For you combat types, if YOU had to sail around the Horn of Africa, what would be your plan? Assume a 40' yacht, small crew or single-hand, and no support vs. one boat of pirates containing 8 pirates, armed with 2-3 RPG's, AK-47's, and M-16 knockoffs. For whatever reason surrendering the boat would be an unacceptable option. As a minor threadjack, anyone have any opinions on the practicality of shooting a boat below the waterline at range? The figure bandied about was 2 ft (roughly 60 cm for the metric people). Based on the Mythbusters tests we were of the opinion that high velocity rifles wouldn't be effective but shotgun slugs might be providing you don't try to go too far below the waterline and from too far away. Any naval weapon capable of this short of a torpedo or a battleship class gun? Bill On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 12:32 PM, Oerjan Ariander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John Atkinson wrote: > >> >>"Gosh, I thought it was a directional explosion. . . " >> >> >> >>Something like that? Hehehe. . . >> > >> >Sometimes I get that impression, yes... though I wouldn't laugh about it if >> >I were you :-/ >> >>It's only funny because most of the folks who kill themselves off in >>this manner will be Infantrymen, [...] > > It might be funny if the persons demanding those insanely-short minimum > arming distances were the same ones who will actually, personally use the > weapons in question. If that were the case, they'd really only have > themselves to blame when they get a fin assembly stuck in the forehead. > > Unfortunately, the people making those demands *aren't* the end users of > the product, and thus will never personally have to suffer the effects of > their demands >:-( _______________________________________________ Gzg-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://vermouth.csua.berkeley.edu:1337/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gzg-l --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ground Zero Games" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gzg-group?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
