@LlamaWithKatana wrote:
@CPT_GASLIGHTFair, noted. Tho it feels really like 50 cal. I never ever were able to hide anywhere from it. No cover is good enough.
you don't understand weapons do you?
a 50 cal is a 12.7mm round that has a projectile that weighs 700 grains (45.3 grams or 1.6 ounces). a 50 MM cannon shell fires a 31,500 grain projectile (little over 2 KILOS, or 4.5 lbs)
they are not the same thing, they don't do the same thing, they are not interchangeable. 50 cal can be shoulder fired unsupported (granted, it is heavy). 50MM cannot without causing great harm to the person behind the cannon (a person wouldn't be able to pick it up anyway so it couldn't be done even if one wanted to)
Just to clarify the point that @Psubond is making a 50mm is nearly 2 inches in diameter as opposed to a .50 cal which is only a half of an inch in diameter.
HUGE difference.
Fair point 😂
@DuaneDibbley wrote:
@Ironhead841
Now you only have to get a feeling how big an 'inch' is. 😉
50mm == 5cm, so this is intuitive, but 2 inches. :P
we speak in inches 'round these parts! (if you are an American inches is more intuitive than cm...and i am an American (cue hulk hogan theme))
*teasing cause i had to*
i'm sure the grain measurement confused some people but i'm a hand loader so that is how my brain is wired for ammo. 7000 grains in a pound, 2.2 pounds in a kilo if you care to do any conversions
@Psubond wrote:
we speak in inches 'round these parts! (if you are an American inches is more intuitive than cm...and i am an American (cue hulk hogan theme))
*teasing cause i had to*
i'm sure the grain measurement confused some people but i'm a hand loader so that is how my brain is wired for ammo. 7000 grains in a pound, 2.2 pounds in a kilo if you care to do any conversions
I think I can live with inches. I know my gaming monitor is 32 inches and some variable part of my body is between 5 and 6, so I have some comparison to judge length measurements in inches. :P
But PLEASE! don't start with Fahrenheit. I guess I will NEVER be able to wrap my head around that one. 😉
