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Loren Pechtel said:
Loren Pechtel said:
What caliber do they need to fight back with?
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Worldtraveller said:
140mm.
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Huh? That's field artillery, not guns.
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Huh? Field artillery is the most justifiable use of the descriptor "guns". Handheld weapons should ideally be named according to their subtypes (pistols, rifles, etc), with "gun" as an acceptable abbreviation for "shotgun".

Call your rifle a "gun" during basic training in the British Army, and you can expect a world of humiliation and abuse from your NCOs. Artillerymen have guns. Riflemen have rifles. Officers have pistols.

Ask a gunsmith, and he will tell you that even artillery is mostly rifles these days. In the technical usage, "gun" implies a smooth bore (hence its applicability to shotguns).
 
bilby said:
Loren Pechtel said:
Huh? That's field artillery, not guns.
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Huh? Field artillery is the most justifiable use of the descriptor "guns". Handheld weapons should ideally be named according to their subtypes (pistols, rifles, etc), with "gun" as an acceptable abbreviation for "shotgun".

Call your rifle a "gun" during basic training in the British Army, and you can expect a world of humiliation and abuse from your NCOs. Artillerymen have guns. Riflemen have rifles. Officers have pistols.

Ask a gunsmith, and he will tell you that even artillery is mostly rifles these days. In the technical usage, "gun" implies a smooth bore (hence its applicability to shotguns).
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Ok, but I was picturing stuff useful for an urban infantry engagement (remember, that's where the decommissioned machines are, and thus that's where the operators are.) Field artillery isn't of much use in such a situation unless you want to turn the city into a smoking ruin.
 
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