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From:     Maximilian <Hemlock@????.net>
Date:     Sat, 01 Nov 1997 16:43:01
Subject:  Re: weapon ranges
>	I think it has to do with *velocity* more than range.  In WCC
>they say that shot fired from a catapult or ballista keep traveling in
>a straight line until they hit something.  Maybe the shot travels
>*slower* -- because of its size.

I started to type something exactly like this reply. Then I realized that,
on the ground, range is also a function of velocity.

I guess I will just explain this by saying that heavy catapults are harder
to aim. :) (This corresponds well with the decrease in THAC0).

Hemlock


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SubjectFromDate (UTC)
weapon ranges    Robert Curtis Dickson    01 Nov 1997 16:28:28
Re: weapon ranges    Static    01 Nov 1997 18:48:48
Re: weapon ranges    Maximilian    01 Nov 1997 22:43:01
Re: weapon ranges    Paul and Kelly Westermeyer    03 Nov 1997 14:57:26
Re: weapon ranges    Static    03 Nov 1997 15:45:13
Re: weapon ranges    Downer, Chris    03 Nov 1997 18:46:29
weapon ranges    Jay    03 Nov 1997 20:13:45
Re: weapon ranges    Maximilian    03 Nov 1997 20:51:22
Re: weapon ranges    Static    04 Nov 1997 06:25:11
Re: weapon ranges    Ze`ev Posner    04 Nov 1997 12:39:13

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