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Would you rather a Ramjet Rigle of a 50 Calibur Sniper Rifle? [message #359018] Wed, 19 November 2008 11:48 Go to next message
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Would you rather a Ranjet Rifle or a 50 calibur Sniper Rifle?[ 11 votes ]
1. Ranjet Rifle 7 / 64%
2. 50 Calibur 4 / 36%

Which would you prefer?
The Ranjet is of course the most powerful sniper rifle in the game, a 'your screwed' so to speak weapon.
Or would you prefer a 50 Calibur? It is one of if not then THE best known Sniper Rifle in the world. It's a similar look to the Ramjet (with the wide ended barrel.
Heres an image of the 50 calibur.....

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Re: Would you rather a Ramjet Rigle of a 50 Calibur Sniper Rifle? [message #359021 is a reply to message #359018] Wed, 19 November 2008 12:37 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I'd rather have a rifle chambered for .308 Winchester, 7.62 NATO or .30-06 Springfield. There are plenty of uses for a .50, but the weapon is so huge, the ammo is so heavy and the recoil so powerful that it just isn't practical except in very specific situations. Anything in the .30 Cal range will still put down anything you'll ever encounter, but you won't get a hernia trying to carry it and ammo around without help.

Oh, and the terms you wanted were "Ramjet" and "Caliber." Wink


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Re: Would you rather a Ramjet Rigle of a 50 Calibur Sniper Rifle? [message #359022 is a reply to message #359018] Wed, 19 November 2008 12:38 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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In Renegade, the Ramjet is supposed to be a better version of the .50 CalibEr rifles that Barrett makes.

Also yeah NukeIt pretty much got it. .50 ammo is super expensive and super huge, and not very practical for non military uses.

Me? M4 chambered in Remington 6.8 (essentially the Barrett M468-REC7) and an M14 in 7.62 is all I would ever want. Aside from maybe a Mosin Nagant, but that's another story.


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Re: Would you rather a Ramjet Rigle of a 50 Calibur Sniper Rifle? [message #359033 is a reply to message #359018] Wed, 19 November 2008 14:04 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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The Ramjet in C&C Renegade actually shoots jet-like propelled projectiles rather than traditional .50 calibre. I remember Westwood saying something like that; it's on the C&C Wiki site.

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Re: Would you rather a Ramjet Rigle of a 50 Calibur Sniper Rifle? [message #359035 is a reply to message #359018] Wed, 19 November 2008 14:22 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Ramjet, because it has the mystical ability to be fired with 100% accuracy while you are running or standing up. Plus, almost no recoil and it can rip helicopters apart.
Re: Would you rather a Ramjet Rigle of a 50 Calibur Sniper Rifle? [message #359037 is a reply to message #359033] Wed, 19 November 2008 14:56 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Fobby[GEN] wrote on Wed, 19 November 2008 16:04]The Ramjet in C&C Renegade actually shoots jet-like propelled projectiles rather than traditional .50 calibre. I remember Westwood saying something like that; it's on the C&C Wiki site.

Ah yeah, that's right. It shoots like a gyrojet basically. The blue bullet trail is super weird though.


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Re: Would you rather a Ramjet Rigle of a 50 Calibur Sniper Rifle? [message #359067 is a reply to message #359018] Wed, 19 November 2008 19:59 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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The Ramjet is just like the 50 CAL, so topic and question is not logical.

But since the Ramjet is the next logical step in weaponlogy, I would go for that.
Re: Would you rather a Ramjet Rigle of a 50 Calibur Sniper Rifle? [message #359087 is a reply to message #359018] Thu, 20 November 2008 06:33 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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As Canadacdn pointed out, you can shoot it while running and standing up. Try doing that with a .50 cal rifle. Let's not forget you can shoot lightly armed opposition in the foot and kill them.

Re: Would you rather a Ramjet Rigle of a 50 Calibur Sniper Rifle? [message #359131 is a reply to message #359087] Thu, 20 November 2008 12:46 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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cheesesoda wrote on Thu, 20 November 2008 13:33

As Canadacdn pointed out, you can shoot it while running and standing up. Try doing that with a .50 cal rifle. Let's not forget you can shoot lightly armed opposition in the foot and kill them.



So can real weapons actually, the shock of the bullet entering at such high velocity forces can cause heart failure due to the blood being forced back towards the heart by the shock... or something along those lines anyway, I don't remember fully, but it's called hydrostatic shock.


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Re: Would you rather a Ramjet Rigle of a 50 Calibur Sniper Rifle? [message #359141 is a reply to message #359018] Thu, 20 November 2008 13:51 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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That's a hit-and-miss effect, though, and depends on both the sensitivity of a person's nervous system and the condition of their cardiovascular system. Different people react very differently to getting shot; while one person might get shot in the leg and immediately go into shock, another might take two in the torso and be able to get right back up again. The physical damage caused at the wound site will be the same given identical bullets from identical weapons, but any other effects will be different from casualty to casualty.

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Re: Would you rather a Ramjet Rigle of a 50 Calibur Sniper Rifle? [message #359159 is a reply to message #359018] Thu, 20 November 2008 15:48 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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That's why the army give you all that physical training... you won't die of shock when you get hit in the leg. (You'll just die when the bullet goes through your head because your helemt is substandard... go the UK!)


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Re: Would you rather a Ramjet Rigle of a 50 Calibur Sniper Rifle? [message #359218 is a reply to message #359018] Fri, 21 November 2008 01:18 Go to previous message
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I can see where you are all coming at though if you were to take the Ramjet into the real world, could you still run and shoot at the same time? Or are you bound to take cover and remain hidden?
Nobody can tell for sure, heavy modifications to the .50 could have been made for you to adapt for run and gun purposes but considering every action has an equal and opposite reaction, to fire it as far and fast as you can in Renegade you'd need quite the sturdy upper torso keeping you stationary at the time you fire the bullet to prevent a miss and any injuries that may be caused by the gun itself from recoil lol!
Re: Would you rather a Ramjet Rigle of a 50 Calibur Sniper Rifle? [message #359281 is a reply to message #359018] Fri, 21 November 2008 11:53 Go to previous message
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Correction: you'd need to be just shy of GOD to keep that gun in battery and fire it while on the move. Most .50 rifles weigh easily as much as a small child, which you've got to hold straight out from your shoulder to take a shot. Because you've got to compensate for this massive freaking leadslinger which is throwing off your center of gravity, you need to lean backwards to maintain your balance... and the recoil alone is powerful enough to knock a weak or inexperienced shooter flat on their ass.

I'm not aware of anyone who can accurately and precisely fire those things from a kneeling position, let alone standing up, and forget running and shooting simultaneously. The thought of jumping and shooting is absolutely fucking hilarious; you can't even do that with medium calibers without going ass over teakettle, and I've yet to even hear about anyone who can jump-shoot any firearm and reasonably expect to hit anything. Bunny Hopping 'snipers' make Sir Isaac Newton cry.


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