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Posted by: the n00b pwner
Posted by: JABBERWOCK xeno
Posted by: the n00b pwner
The assault rifle range isn't fair, 500 meters for the M4 is assuming with some kind of scope, while the MA5's 300 meters was by colonial militia without a scope.
The sniper comparison won't even be close, the halo sniper only has the disadvantage of magazine size. And the pistol...
Those range stats are from official sources of the max effective range of the weapon, so it is fair.
I don't plan to do the sniper, nor the pistol.
Having read Contact Harvest, I know where those stats came from, and why they are unfair.
I've read it, but the stats bungie gave on their article for the AR overrides contact harvest canonically. Bungie/games > Books/other media > advertisments/viral campaigns.
Posted by: ZedFish
Posted by: JABBERWOCK xeno
Next, let's look at the ammunition: 7.62x51mm rounds.
Now then, I have no clue what that means, but I know the M4 fires a 5.56x45mm round, and this image shows the m4 round on the left, and the MA5 round on the right. Yes, it uses real ammo.Just to clarify, the first number (5.56 or 7.62) indicates the diameter of the base of the bullet, whereas the second number indicates the length.
This makes the 5.56x45mm round 5.56mm wide and 45mm long.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
Oh, hey:Posted by: JABBERWOCK xeno
If anyone wants to tell me what the number mean, I could make a comparsion.The M16 fires the 5.56x45mm round, and the BR, the 9.5x40mm round.
This means the BR is nearly half an inch wide and 40mm long (just shy of what, a quarter of an inch?).
The NATO round is longer, but the BR round is wider. Much wider.
Which would you say has more stopping power?
[Edited on 01.08.2011 12:25 PM PST]