Striker Book 3 DS 2 L Ammunition Price

[snrdg082102]

Morning all,

Yep, I'm probably asking another silly question but here goes anyway.

Why is the only example for calculating ammunition price in the general description instead of for each round?

My guess was to avoid repeating the price calculations process multiple times.

I'm handling the process by determining a generic price, similar to the weight, using the formula Price = Round weight x the weapon type base price multiplier.

 

[Timerover51]

I am not sure that it is possible to come up with one flat price for ammunition, as much depends on the nature of the fuze, and what type of ammunition it is. You have the basic HE round with a straightforward impact fuze with two settings, either super-quick or short delay, then you have a APFSDS made with depleted uranium using an aluminum sabot with nylon slipping rings to minimize rotation, a precision shaped charge round with point-initiating base detonating fuze, or a pre-fragmented proximity fuzed anti-aircraft projectile. You also have illuminating shells, base-ejecting smoke candle rounds, flechette shells, and High Explosive Plastic rounds for attack of concrete.

Your best bet if you want a base price with multiplier would be figure on 1 Credit a Kilo for ordinary HE rounds, 10 Credits a Kilo for AP ammunition, and for any kind of carrier shell, 5 Credits a Kilo plus a flat 50 credits for some form of time fuze.

An Armor-Piercing Discarding Sabot round for the 105mm tank gun made of Tungsten Carbide in the mid 1970s went for $400 per round. Fifty caliber AP ammo went for a $1.00 a round in the early 1990s.

 

[snrdg082102]

Morning timerover51,

Thanks for the reply and suggestions, I'm also apologizing for not being clear what I mean by generic round pricing which is possible.

The basic weight weight of a round is found on the CPR gun table by the bore size and is the same for every round listed in section L Ammunition. The basic round for an 11 cm medium velocity gun weighs 35 kg and takes up 0.035 m^3 of space. To me that means that the basic cost of one round of ammo is going to be = round weight x the gun typer multiplier which in this case is 35 x 3 = Cr105.

The basic round for a 11 cm gun weighs 35 kg, has a volume of 0.035 m^3, and a price of Cr105.

Using the base price of Cr105 I only have to adjust the price of each round by the ammunition type multiplier.

Hopefully, I've done a better job of explaining this time.

I do agree that there are many factors, in addition to the ones mentioned by you, that will alter the weight, volume, and price of rounds

However, please note that I'm only working with the ammunition and associated criteria listed in Book 3 Design Sequence 2 L - Ammunition.

TNE/T4 FF&S, GURPS Vehicles, and BTRC Guns, Guns, Guns are geared to provide the details that are lacking in CT: Striker Book 3.

Again thanks for the information and I'll use what you have provided when I'm going through TNE/T4 FF&S to see how close they match.

I am not sure that it is possible to come up with one flat price for ammunition, as much depends on the nature of the fuze, and what type of ammunition it is. You have the basic HE round with a straightforward impact fuze with two settings, either super-quick or short delay, then you have a APFSDS made with depleted uranium using an aluminum sabot with nylon slipping rings to minimize rotation, a precision shaped charge round with point-initiating base detonating fuze, or a pre-fragmented proximity fuzed anti-aircraft projectile. You also have illuminating shells, base-ejecting smoke candle rounds, flechette shells, and High Explosive Plastic rounds for attack of concrete.

Your best bet if you want a base price with multiplier would be figure on 1 Credit a Kilo for ordinary HE rounds, 10 Credits a Kilo for AP ammunition, and for any kind of carrier shell, 5 Credits a Kilo plus a flat 50 credits for some form of time fuze.

An Armor-Piercing Discarding Sabot round for the 105mm tank gun made of Tungsten Carbide in the mid 1970s went for $400 per round. Fifty caliber AP ammo went for a $1.00 a round in the early 1990s.