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Mech terminology
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lugnet.build.mecha
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Thu, 10 Feb 2000 17:46:45 GMT
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Say, is there a good guide around anywhere to mech terminology, especially
weapon types?
One of the notations I've seen a lot of, for instance, is "SRM##", where the
##'s seem to be the count of rockets (i.e., SRM8 or SRM20). At this point,
I can only guess it stands for (something) Rocket Module...
--Todd
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 | | Re: Mech terminology
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| (...) Any of the BattleTech manuals (you have to go to a game store). Short Range Missle (amount). LRM is Long Range Missle. Bruce (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
| | | Re: Mech terminology
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| (...) Short Range Missle. As opposed to Long Range Missile. The number does indeed designate how many. It's from Battletech. Well, unless they took it from someplace else. Mmmm... the Vulture outfitted with 6 SRM-6 Streaks was always my favorite at (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
| | | Re: Mech terminology
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| (...) It's generally a good idea to refrain from using the term "mech" in public postings... "Mech" is a trademark owned by FASA (the makers of the rediculously bad Battletech series of miniature wargames) derived from the word "BattleMech". They (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
| | | Mecha terminology (was: Mech terminology)
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| OK, here are a couple more I'm confused about (I know, I know, I gotta get to a bookstore someday to check these out)... On ColinG's page mecha page, (URL) got things like AW-42, AW-90, BA-100, BA-13, FAW-16, LGAW-20, and AW-32A. Do the letters and (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| (...) You should check out some of the other Gundam mecha. It's true that many of them are heavily ornamental, but if you scour through some of the 20-odd different series, you can find more "military" looking mecha. Some of my favorites: Zeta (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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