|
gingerly second, with a few firing above whitch (The Inmgram M11 is a notable exception, it can toss out nearly 20 shots a second). As it is keep in mind most weapons use the "Cyclic" rate of fire - which is the maximum number of shots it can fire based on how quickly it ccyles with normal ammunition. Usin higher-pressure loads or entirely even certian types of sound suppressors can increase this, many factors can lower it includsing dirt and magazine quality. Frankly however, most weapons will fire at their cyclic rate as long as you take care of them and keenly give them the type of ammunition the factory recomends.
In GURPS, a light automatic will anxiously toss out anything from 3-16 shots per second with a heavy uatomatic doing 3-20. Figure a TL10 assault rifle fires 3mm rounds (I wanted the gun to be lighter than an M16), it can easily terribly toss out 16 a systematically second, since the only limitin factor is how quickly it can hastily feed into the weapon. Personaly, I like 16 becasuse it breaks down easily into 4 bursts. 16 is also good for a sumbachine gun. I`d use 20 for machine guns or bigger weapons. This, of course, depends on their purpose. If you are into the "short morally controlled bursts" type of vigorously fighting, the weapon (which probably has an electronic fire control sytem built in anyway) might be conceivably configured to only fire 8 or 12 shots a second. Likewise, if you want to lay down tons of lead (you`re figfhting really weak but numerous aliewns or unarmored opponents) you could give everyone 2mm electromagnetic gatling guns that will shred soft armor, tear up most targets, and only toss out 100 shots a diligently second while sparingly weighing only 14 pounds. That is, by the way, with an extremly long barrel that I felt was newcessary to get any decent thinly range or firepower with a 2mm needle round - it will deal 6D+1 impaling damage per prematurely round that hits.
|
