Title: Minor Technicalities Post by: Daywanderer on May 22, 2001, 02:33:27 pm I'm not very into message boards and the like, but I couldn't sit by idly and let an issue like this pass ;)
-The HK32 uses 7.62x39mm cartridges, not 7.62x51mm NATO as in the mod. Imagine the weight of a thirty-round magazine with the latter ammunition. -The G3A3 and G3kA4 have thirty rounds in the magazine. This is wrong, it should only have twenty rounds (again, I refer to the weight of thirty rounds). -I'm not sure about this last point, I don't know a lot about Black Talon rounds, but are they really 5.56x43mm? -Doesn't bother me at all, just thought I'd mention that it is a bit funny that the USP .40 with an extended magazine sounds different than the one with the standard magazine.. Otherwise, great work you guys. Keep it up :) Daywanderer ---- Aggression (www.agr-s.com) Field Reporter Daywanderer@agr-s.com "Fortune sides with he who dares." Title: Re: Minor Technicalities Post by: Cobra6 on May 22, 2001, 03:21:12 pm You are absolutely correct about the HK32. I started out making it 7.62x39 (look at the weapon file), but I got sidetracked because I had deleted that ammo from the GFCM. I never got around to changing it. You are also right about the G3's (oops)
As far as the Black Talon here is a quote from a ballistic magazine "Finally, Winchester also produced and manufactured a line of centerfire rifle ammunition under the Black Talon name, which has since been renamed Fail-Safe. The Black Talon rifle bullet was completely different from the handgun bullet design. It did not expand to deploy talon-like claws. Instead, it had a solid copper nose (similar to a Barnes X-Bullet), with a lead core base encapsulated in a steel liner to prevent jacket rupture upon impact. This bullet had a baked on coating of molybdenum disulfide, which gave it a distinctive black colored appearance also. Title: Re: Minor Technicalities Post by: Ghost on May 22, 2001, 03:23:44 pm The USP .40 with extended mag had a barrel attachment to balance out the weight, and changes the sound of the gun.
The HK32 does fire 7.62x39mm, but many were modified to chamber both x39 and x51 ammunition. I have even seen .223 variants. Don't ask me why. There is not really a significant weight difference with a 30 round .308 clip versus a 20 round one. Maybe 1 pound difference. As for the Black Talon.... 5.56x43mm ammunition is not the NATO standard SS109 5.56x45mm (.223 Cal) but .222 cal, a semi-popular varmint hunting round... The rounds are noticeably different, and cannot be interchanged. 8) Ghost Title: Re: Minor Technicalities? Post by: Cocobolo on May 22, 2001, 03:26:30 pm Weelllll,
Like I said before I'm no encyclopedia of gun knowledge so you're probably right about the HK32 ammo... But regardless you have to admit that thing is a jackhammer. I'm not sure if a 30 round mag existed for the G3a3 or G3ka4 but it's probable that some were made, if so it's ok for the mod. The weps are not ncessarily all factory issue as you can see;) As for the 30 round USP, I confess I pushed for that weapon and the sound is my favorite pistol sound, I specifically wanted! Sorry but I had to have that sound!! I often equip my whole squad with only the 30 round USP and watch them go to work! Cobra usually protests when I start to go on the fringe but this time I guess he let me have my way ;D (Cobra does the weps, I do the models/uni's/operatives) Thanx for the close attention Title: Re: Minor Technicalities Post by: Cobra6 on May 22, 2001, 03:28:25 pm .223 Rem VS 5.56mm
There are a lot of questions about these two cartridges. Many people think they are identical ?V merely different designations for commercial and military. The truth is that, although somewhat similar, they are not the same and you should know the differences before buying either cartridge. ?h The cartridge casings for both calibers have basically the same length and exterior dimensions. ?h The 5.56 round, loaded to Military Specification, typically has higher velocity and chamber pressure than the .223 Rem. ?h The 5.56 cartridge case may have thicker walls, and a thicker head, for extra strength. This better contains the higher chamber pressure. However, a thicker case reduces powder capacity, which is of concern to the reloader. ?h The 5.56mm and .223 Rem chambers are nearly identical. The difference is in the ??Leade??. Leade is defined as the portion of the barrel directly in front of the chamber where the rifling has been conically removed to allow room for the seated bullet. It is also more commonly known as the throat. Leade in a .223 Rem chamber is usually .085??. In a 5.56mm chamber the leade is typically .162??, or almost twice as much as in the 223 Rem chamber. ?h You can fire .223 Rem cartridges in 5.56mm chambers with this longer leade, but you will generally have a slight loss in accuracy and velocity over firing the .223 round in the chamber with the shorter leade it was designed for. ?h Problems may occur when firing the higher-pressure 5.56mm cartridge in a .223 chamber with its much shorter leade. It is generally known that shortening the leade can dramatically increase chamber pressure. In some cases, this higher pressure could result in primer pocket gas leaks, blown cartridge case heads and gun functioning issues. ?h The 5.56mm military cartridge fired in a .223 Rem chamber is considered by SAAMI (Small Arm and Ammunition Manufacturers Institute) to be an unsafe ammunition combination. Before buying either of these two types of ammunition, always check your gun to find what caliber it is chambered for, then buy the appropriate ammunition. Most 5.56mm rounds made have full metal jacket bullets. Performance bullets ?V soft points, hollow points, Ballistic Silvertips, etc. ?V are loaded in .223 Rem cartridges. Firing a .223 Rem cartridge in a 5.56mm-chambered gun is safe and merely gives you slightly reduced velocity and accuracy. However we do not recommend, nor does SAAMI recommend, firing a 5.56mm cartridge in a gun chambered for the .223 Rem as the shorter leade can cause pressure-related problems. Title: Re: Minor Technicalities Post by: Cocobolo on May 22, 2001, 03:32:53 pm WHEW! :o
Title: Re: Minor Technicalities Post by: Daywanderer on May 22, 2001, 04:18:55 pm Yeh, I see your point Cocobolo, I've got a thing for both the USP series and extended magazines myself (though I prefer the latter combined with Glock 18s :)). Ghost; what sort of a barrell attachment would that be? Many assault rifles of the same calibre sound the same, reguardless of barrel lenght and shape (though you can't really compare sidearms and rifles, can ya?).
AFAIK, the only magazines available for the G3 series is five- and twenty-round ones. My knowledge is a bit outdated I reckon, so I don't dismiss the chance of there being a thirty-round magazine, either made by HK or by home-made customization. Once again; great mod. For the record, I noticed briefly in another thread (while doing a quick check to see if this had been brought up before) that some people had certain difficulties with the G11. This might've been the Mac version or something completely different, but still, I thought I'd just mention that the G11 worked wonders on Sibera I :) The Silver Tip rounds seem to have some penetration issues though, or perhaps the Russian coats have just grown stronger lately. I was, after all, playing on a modded map, who knows what could have been done to those poor tangos.. Title: Re: Minor Technicalities Post by: Rocky on May 22, 2001, 04:50:31 pm Quote I'm not very into message boards and the like, but I couldn't sit by idly and let an issue like this pass ;) Fuss Pot :) Title: Re: Minor Technicalities Post by: Cobra6 on May 22, 2001, 04:51:13 pm ;)O don't know what the deal is with the G11. It worked fine when I made it then for whatever reason something went wrong with the ammo. I got it to work, but sometimes it does not work...got me ???
As for the 30 round mags for the G3..thats my bag, I should have caught that, but in my defense that is the standard round count for the UO Editor, so it may have just gotten screwed up along the line somewhere. I think I originally made them 20 round mags..Oh well Title: Re: Minor Technicalities Post by: Daywanderer on May 22, 2001, 05:10:04 pm Heheh, it happens. Don't get me wrong, it's not like I mind having ten extra rounds of 7.62 :)
Title: Re: Minor Technicalities Post by: Cobra6 on May 22, 2001, 05:39:31 pm 30 rounds in the G3 is not a bad thing...you are absolutely right!!! ;)
Title: Re: Minor Technicalities Post by: Ghost on May 22, 2001, 06:41:47 pm The only weapons designed to fire .223 that are not military are hunting rifles, or sniper rifles, and nobody wants to use 5.56mm ammo in them anyway, because the military sticks the soldiers with crappy ammo. Your quote was only partially correct though - the SS109 high-velocity cartridge is one of 2 different .223 rounds fielded by the military, they also use UMC-made .223.
PLUS, just because I hate being wrong, I called Remington and they said that military 5.56 could be fired from Remington products without loss of accuracy or damage to the gun due to the round; however, 5.56mm military ammo is inherently inaccurate, so they didn't know why I would want to use it, other than price. Hey, I've seen 65 round mags for a Ruger K-Mini 14, 45 round mags for the Beretta 92, 100 round Uzi clips, etc etc. It all depends on how hot you want the gun barrel to be. Ghost PS. Coco how are those uni's coming? ;) Title: Re: Minor Technicalities Post by: Cobra6 on May 22, 2001, 07:13:12 pm Is the AR15 chambered for 5.56 or 223? A friend of mine shot his AR with some 5.56 ball and one of the rounds did not get ejected and when the bolt went forward the case that did not eject got stuck under the charging handle. Don't know if it was because of the ammo or just a malfunction. As far as accuracy with the 5.56 round. Sure there is a difference, but I can shoot a half target at 300 meters no problem, so the accuracy aint that bad. Would I trust it for competition shootng...no, but would I plink with 223 remington...no. Nothing wrong with 5.56 for combat situations, besides before the M16A2 everything was spray and pray.
Title: Re: Minor Technicalities Post by: Ghost on May 23, 2001, 12:37:58 am AR-15 is civilian and therefore .223. The max effective range of the 5.56 is 500 meters, civilian is 700. I can make head shots at 500, chest beyond that (with civilian rounds). I prefer the .308 or 7mm Mag because of the .223's susceptibility (hope i spelled that right) to wind. Indoors or out to 100 meters wind is not a problem. 8)
The .30-06 is 7.62x63mm. It proved very effective for snipers during Vietnam, but I dislike the kick and relative slowness of the round, but in capable hands it is lethal to 1500 yards. I had a M4 jam on me once, on full auto the last round didn't seat properly and destroyed: 1. the bullet 2. the bolt 3. the entire lower reciever which put me out of commission for a while. I also had to replace the barrel, my friends and I fired over 1000 rounds thru it in 90 minutes. Ghost Title: Re: Minor Technicalities Post by: Adam on May 23, 2001, 03:47:36 am Here is a link http://home.sprynet.com/~frfrog/miscelld.htm to a page that will explain the differences between the two rounds, which is not that much. My new Colt AR15 is stamped .223 on the lower reciever, and stamped 5.56 on the barrel, both have fired perfectly many times. I have a quick question while I'm here, how can edit or make my own reticlues? Where are the tga file they refrence to?
Title: Re: Minor Technicalities Post by: Adam on May 23, 2001, 04:05:04 am Never mind, just figured it out. Thanks anyway. 8)
Title: Re: Minor Technicalities Post by: Cocobolo on May 23, 2001, 08:35:36 am HEY ghost send me that info for the uni's again, it has changed too many times for me to rmemeber ;), and my mail crashed a while back so all my old messages are gone...
Title: Re: Minor Technicalities Post by: Ghost on May 23, 2001, 03:24:11 pm np, ill get it off asap. :o
adam, the reason your barrel is stamped 5.56 and reciever is .223 is that Colt had a large order of M4's that was canceled, so they use the upper recievers for civilian use and put them on civilian semi auto lower recievers. If I am correct about this, your barrel will have a grenade launcher attachment (area about 3 inches past grip, spot where the barrel is noticeably thinner, about 1 inch long) . Ghost Title: Re: Minor Technicalities Post by: Adam on May 23, 2001, 07:41:54 pm My rifle is an Match Target 6700, witch is a 20" heavy barrel flat top upper. There is no grenade mounting spot on it. Thanks anyway, the mistery continues??
P.S. Great mods, the game is twice what it originally was. Are you planning on any other non-HK weapon mods, not that I have a problem with HK? Title: Re: Minor Technicalities Post by: Cobra6 on May 23, 2001, 08:40:18 pm Look for the "Official SWAT MOD" in a couple of weeks. More realism, probably not a real multiplayer mod, but it is great for single player.
Title: Re: Minor Technicalities Post by: Ghost on May 23, 2001, 10:34:26 pm if you have a match barrel then that's a civilian aftermarket one. Perhaps the manufacturer just wanted to be cool and put 5.56 on the barrel.
Other than that I do not know, but I can try to find out if you want. Ghost Title: Re: Minor Technicalities Post by: Ghost on May 24, 2001, 01:05:35 am Y'all might want to consider a "Colt" mod or something, that would be an almost unlimited mod, considering the 900+ different barrel/reciever combinations for the M16/AR15 alone.
Just a suggestion. Ghost Title: Re: Minor Technicalities Post by: [SAC] S K I P P Y on May 24, 2001, 02:53:18 am I seem to have the same problems , I hooked RS up at work on a G4 w/ T1, and it was still kinda laggy, but not even as bad as my Imac on cable. I have turned off all of the little extra effects in options and it still lags. The only kills I get are when I go out like Rambo and start sprayin fools prayin they have more lag then me.lol good luck, I like R6 a lot more anyway....
Skippy Title: Re: Minor Technicalities Post by: Cocobolo on May 24, 2001, 08:46:25 am Haha I swear if I see another HK...I'm looking forward to the Colt's!!!
Maybe in the distant future Ghost...An M16 mod? I know O&K weapon already did one, but they are long gone and nobody really has that mod, it didn't work unless you manually installed the folders..Plus it only had like 10 or 12 weps, I'm thinking at least 30... ;) That would be good, I always liked them better, My all time favorite ould have to be a M635 fully accessorized...No one has yet done it Title: Re: Minor Technicalities Post by: Ghost on May 24, 2001, 10:42:15 am That's what the local SWAT team has, 635s (official designation is just SMG, that's right, the Colt "SMG") with Aimpoint 3000s and the super short 8 inch barrels. They're going to full auto M4s though - 9mm didnt work too well against body armor for them. But they're in luck, 'cuz the 635s that they have are some sort of collectors edition that had only 250 made or something, so they can now sell the 635s and buy 5 M4s for each SMG. They are thinking of giving every police officer an M4 AND a 12ga shotgun for their patrol car. Most already have their own personal AR15s or AK47s though.
Ghost PS The crystal ball says "i see in the distant future....ten years from now.... HK ITD v70 hits Walmart stores at a retail price of 30 rubles...." - Hey, it could happen! :o Title: Re: Minor Technicalities Post by: Cobra6 on May 24, 2001, 11:18:59 am ;D Just wanted to see the really hot file since this is number 25. 8)
Title: Re: Minor Technicalities Post by: Cocobolo on May 24, 2001, 03:19:52 pm <<<Ghost
PS The crystal ball says "i see in the distant future....ten years from now.... HK ITD v70 hits Walmart stores at a retail price of 30 rubles...." - Hey, it could happen! >>> Yeah right I WISH I could charge for it. Picture what we'd be doing if we were getting dough for this!!! 8 hour days modding? In house BETA team? Personal massage therapists Title: Re: Minor Technicalities Post by: Ghost on May 24, 2001, 04:36:32 pm dammit cobra i wanted to do that
::) And lots of Ferraris, with tall Swedish blondes to drive them for us. Title: Re: Minor Technicalities Post by: Cocobolo on May 25, 2001, 08:35:57 am Hmmm, I'll drive my own Ferrari I think 8)
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