MG fire "shrapnel" ??

[MarkSheppard]

It actually makes a lot of sense; a Machine-Gun isn't a precision weapon, you actually want it to be somewhat inaccurate, to create a beaten zone, in which nothing can live without being hit by a round.

[Mobhack]

"shell splinters" is a fixed string in the code for being hit by fragments and or blast in an HE zone. There are no plans to change it for various SAA hits, flamethrower hits, custard pie hits etc etc .

It represents a grazing hit on an AFV (or just a worry that the rounds have come too close for comfort! ), causing minor supression if and only if the vehicle status is currently less than closed down. If it is currently closed down or worse status, there is no added S, so no further effect.

Cheers
Andy

[snake]

I don't find this too upsetting as a MG is more an area weapon than a precise aim like a rifle. I also find that it's only true for the independent "Heavy MG" units and not MG's on vehicles, in squads or light/med MG's.