01-27-2016, 06:53 AM
(01-27-2016, 06:39 AM)Lost Rinoah Wrote:Well this is assuming no CASE system, which makes ammo explosions fair game and is generally a feature of older designs, but full-on ammo detonation is possible, it happens with tanks all the time. Sometimes you get a full burn-off with geysers of flame shooting out of any hole they can find, sometimes a partial burn-off rapidly leads to an ammo detonation, and sometimes the whole rack will just go off more or less instantly. This is why the Abrams is designed to funnel ammo burns away from the crew, as the hatches are common exit points, but the modular nature of mech ammo bins means they likely don't have designated external burn vents. Of course at the end of the day the only difference between a burn-out and a blow-off is whether the internal pressure compromises the vehicle's structural integrity.(01-27-2016, 03:45 AM)Surge Wrote: Here's a mental image for you guys. What happens to a battlemech when 11 tons of HE ammo goes off in it's left torso? I'm guessing the left arm flies off with enough force to pancake another mech, the center torso gets vaporized, and what's left is flung to the right like crumpled paper. Then afterwards there's a crater big enough to hide another mech inside of and every building for a mile in any direction no longer has any windows.
Depends on whether your mech has the detachable ammo cassettes or are just hard cased. Computer will jettison ammo rather than risk it going off if it can. It's in battletech lore. Which is why it's always confused me when the tabletop said ammo could be set off. Especially rockets and missiles which won't unless they are armed.
So generally. The worst you'd get, surge, is the explosive ordnance burning off rather than exploding.
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