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<blockquote data-quote="bwgwl" data-source="post: 768929" data-attributes="member: 3876">Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Minor fixesexactly. as someone who had to carry a &quot;pig&quot; in the Army for a couple of years, we were basically told that if you actually manage to hit someone in combat with an M60 that's just a bonus. the real reason to fire one is to make the enemy scramble for cover and keep their heads down -- giving your riflemen a chance to move up a bit closer. not to mention that the M60 is inherently inaccurate by design -- the flash suppressor vibrates as the weapon is fired, helping to spray bullets over a narrow cone instead of just straight ahead. (amazing what you learn in Armorer's School... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> )on that note, i highly recommend the Suppressive Fire feat from Ultra-Modern Firearms to simulate such a tactic.(i also agree with them only being Large, not Huge. i'm not a big guy and i could carry one fairly well. no firing from the hip, though. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> 2d10 damage sound right -- there's no way an M60 should do as much or more damage than a 50-cal.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bwgwl, post: 768929, member: 3876"] [b]Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Minor fixes[/b] exactly. as someone who had to carry a "pig" in the Army for a couple of years, we were basically told that if you actually manage to hit someone in combat with an M60 that's just a bonus. the real reason to fire one is to make the enemy scramble for cover and keep their heads down -- giving your riflemen a chance to move up a bit closer. not to mention that the M60 is inherently inaccurate [i]by design[/i] -- the flash suppressor vibrates as the weapon is fired, helping to spray bullets over a narrow cone instead of just straight ahead. (amazing what you learn in Armorer's School... :) ) on that note, i highly recommend the Suppressive Fire feat from Ultra-Modern Firearms to simulate such a tactic. (i also agree with them only being Large, not Huge. i'm not a big guy and i could carry one fairly well. no firing from the hip, though. ;) 2d10 damage sound right -- there's no way an M60 should do as much or more damage than a 50-cal.) [/QUOTE]

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