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Post subject: Warhammer 40K versus Gaunt's Ghosts  Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2003 11:34 pm |
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Easy tigers! lay off the Artillerymen for awhile hey?! 
Solid shot was indeed used a lot because it could be manufactured locally, didnt need fuses cut etc etc and when fired into close packed troops at range was devestating.
Of course in a Naval scenario, solid shot was used to damage hulls. Theer was a range of other ammunition types too (chain, link, grape etc) but the Naval ammo could be sent ashore and used in appropraiate sized guns, which alleviated supply issues to some extent
So yes it was done for cheaper SFX, but it is also accurate, especially in the Peninsula War (where at the least the first half of the Shapre Series is set) where supplies were tenuous and sporadic and gunners fired anything they could get their hands one.
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Post subject: Warhammer 40K versus Gaunt's Ghosts Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2003 11:40 pm |
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Sharpe probably had a hundreth of the budget of The Patriot though 
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Post subject: Warhammer 40K versus Gaunt's Ghosts Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2003 5:02 am |
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Wow, great history discussion guys. Col. Shrapnell would be proud he was remembered ! And there was a Sharpe's episode with the Congreve Rockets too, of "the rockets red glare" fame from the Star Spangled Banner ! 
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Post subject: Warhammer 40K versus Gaunt's Ghosts Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 1:32 am |
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Hi!
Anyone know who invented rifling? As in the grooves in cannons to make it more accurate?
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Post subject: Warhammer 40K versus Gaunt's Ghosts Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 1:34 am |
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Hi!
Back on topic...
Anyone know how many books are in the "ghost" series of books?
I have read three so far and I know there's more.
The titles would be nice too.
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Post subject: Warhammer 40K versus Gaunt's Ghosts Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 6:12 am |
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After a quick trip thru my library, the best I can find is that late in the 15th century some Germans had discovered rifling. But as we all know it did not generally become wide spread until about the time of the ACW 1861-1865. And the rest, as they say, is history ...
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Post subject: Warhammer 40K versus Gaunt's Ghosts Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 7:19 am |
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Legion 4
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Post subject: Warhammer 40K versus Gaunt's Ghosts Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 3:58 pm |
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Thanks JH, I was wondering about that myself. I imagine they are available from G/W ... 
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Post subject: Warhammer 40K versus Gaunt's Ghosts Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 10:51 pm |
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Hi!
Thanks Jackhammer, it seems I'm 4 books behind.
I need to buy some books....
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Post subject: Warhammer 40K versus Gaunt's Ghosts Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 11:03 pm |
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Primarch,
Thanks, Jackhammer, it seems I'm 4 books behind. |
That's OK. It seems that I'm SEVEN books behind! 
Shalom,
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Post subject: Warhammer 40K versus Gaunt's Ghosts Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2003 12:34 am |
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Hi!
Pick them up Maksim, that series is good, and thats from someone highly critical of GW black library books!
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Post subject: Warhammer 40K versus Gaunt's Ghosts Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2003 4:50 am |
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Amazon cheaper than G/W !? Who would have thought !? 
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Post subject: Warhammer 40K versus Gaunt's Ghosts Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2003 1:55 pm |
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Hi!
I was buying them through the Warstore at a discount, but perhaps Amazon is cheaper...
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Post subject: Warhammer 40K versus Gaunt's Ghosts Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2003 5:10 pm |
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| Quote (Legion 4 @ 12 2003 Sep.,04:50) | | Amazon cheaper than G/W !? ?Who would have thought !? |
They were ?4.05 mass market paperbacks imported from America, but recently these are always out of stock so you have to go with the standard 20% ones (?4.79). Maybe GW lent on them?
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