Kar 98 info posted for your pleasure

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Hey guys, ran accross this information the other night, concerning the German K-98 rifle. The information is really about ballistics for the 7.92 X 57 JS round (commonly refered to 8mm Mauser in the USA). The size of the round is slightly larger than the 30-06, which was based on the German round. The web site is good, but what really caught my eye was this passage:

"An interesting bullet type was the SmK(H). The H stood for Hartkern (meaning hardened core), this was the armor piercing version of the 8mm round. The bullet was only 28.2mm long weighing 193 grains, containing a tungsten core (2nd hardest substance in the world, the first being diamond) that was 22.5mm long. The powder charge was increased to 55.5 grains. This gave the bullet the penetration power of almost 20mm of plain steel at a range of 550 yards."

The penetration for the standard round was impressive too:

..................................Dry Pine...Steel Plating... Iron Plating
Heavy Pointed Bullet 85cm @100m /5mm @ 100m /10mm @ 300m
............................65cm @ 400m /3mm @ 600m /7mm @ 550m
............................45cm @ 800m
............................10cm @ 1800m


I know that no new versions of SPWaW are being concidered, but could you imagine how scary it would be for AFV drivers, especially in the early scenarios/campaigns. The web site is listed if anyone is interested in taking a peek.

http://home.thezone.net/~k98k/start.html