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Mersault:
I still love Calico brand weapons.
And the FN FAL was used by more countries than the M16, and was nicknamed the right arm of the free world. It had the accuracy of the m16, and the stopping power and reliability of the AK.

on topic though, I'm kind of surprised there are no microwave weapons in game. Considering that the first one is being tested in Iraq right now, they are certainly a possibility. Admittedly, it is Humvee mounted, but with a smaller power source, like the ones found in alien weapons...

Sophisanmus:
I don't know about the whole microwave gun thing in-game.  Last I heard, it had awful penetration potential, and that's assuming its being used on a target with sufficiently sensitive hide.  I presume that some alien species would have considerable resistance even without armor, such as the Shevs or Orts, let alone anything mechanical.

Darkpriest667:
if the target is wearing a conductive material i.e. metallic armor... it will heat them up quite nicely.... Well done alien anyone?

Destructavator:
I'm not a physics major, or whatever type of science applies here, so I don't really know much about this, but when you start talking about "ray guns" shooting everything from microwaves to X-ray lasers to Gamma rays to Neutrons, etc., don't some of these things reflect and scatter a bit, having potential to damage something/someone other than the intended target?

ghosta:
In general you can say that there are only materials for reflecting EM-Waves below a certain wavelength. I dont know where the border is, but you wont be able to reflect X-Ray and Gamma ray. Only in special cases this is possible, but something like this wont ever happen on the battlefield.

Scattering would be just possible with Neutrons, but there are just a few of them doing this. Most of them will stay inside the materia and deploying their energy.

But you have to take into account that most of the X-Ray/Gamma-Ray (also some Neutrons) will just pass through your body. If you want to kill someone without waiting for him to die on cancer you have to make a really high current. And this current wont diminish that fast. You can say, that you are able to pass through a few cm of materia (depending on the starting Energy and the materia) before you get the half of the current. This means you could strike another alien/human behind the first target, or strike to a thin wall.

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