12.7mm does it deserve the range?

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chuckfourth said:
Ironic isnt it

Life's full of little Ironies Charles. The example I provided was not intended to be a "justification supplied for the "extra" range " since most of the .50 and 12.7mm etc etc MG's have had a 40 hex range since the games were first created an event that predates the addition of the ability to fire through smoke and over trees by over four years or so. It was more of an example of how the added range benifits those weapons in that aspect of the game. So yes, I will grant you that my comment that " this is the compromise that gives those guns a better ability to create a beaten zone out of LOS " could be construed as some kind of "justification" for the added range but the "added" range for those weapons has existed in the game since day one. If you found examples of weapons of that type being increased from 30 to 40 it is more likely than not in response to someone else complaining about "inconsistancies". As well, 20mm guns like the one the SdKfz 222 carries have had a 30 hex range for just as long as the majority of the HMG's have been 40 which no one, besides you seems to have a problem with. Ironic isnt it?

Don