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Re: Mech terminology
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lugnet.build.mecha
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Thu, 10 Feb 2000 17:55:38 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Todd Lehman writes:
> Say, is there a good guide around anywhere to mech terminology, especially
> weapon types?
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> 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...
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
Virtual World's Battletech arenas... (www.virtualworld.com, last time I
checked).
eric
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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