okay, this sorta popped into my head last night but i haven't had a chance to post it until now... anyways, all i ask is that you hear me out...
alrighty, here goes:
i know one of the m203 beefs is the fact that it kills even when it's too close for the fuze to arm... here's my thought, though: too close to arm in game terms (at least according to one of the official things i've read) is 14m (IRL it's 14-27m)... now think about it: i can't recall the muzzle velocity of the 40mm grenade, but at that range getting hit by a 40mm projectile could quite possibly put you out of the fight, depending on where you're hit...
now, if you've ever fired an m203 IRL, you'll know that there's some surprising recoil on that sucker...
anyways, i remember reading a documented incident of a seal platoon who had an NVA prisoner in their posession, and during a rest period one of them accidentally launched a 40mm from the m79 he was carrying, and the projectile hit the NVA prisoner in the chest at almost pointblank range... it not only knocked the NVA on his back, it quite literally knocked him out cold... i think he also suffered several fractured ribs...
now anyways, as has already been pointed out, being dead in infiltration can cover incapacitation as well, since, as i think it was yurch pointed out "getting hit in the foot with a robar won't kill you"... so is it really that unrealistic that a close range hit from an unexploded 40mm wouldn't take you out of the fight?
as i said, just a thought...
alrighty, here goes:
i know one of the m203 beefs is the fact that it kills even when it's too close for the fuze to arm... here's my thought, though: too close to arm in game terms (at least according to one of the official things i've read) is 14m (IRL it's 14-27m)... now think about it: i can't recall the muzzle velocity of the 40mm grenade, but at that range getting hit by a 40mm projectile could quite possibly put you out of the fight, depending on where you're hit...
now, if you've ever fired an m203 IRL, you'll know that there's some surprising recoil on that sucker...
anyways, i remember reading a documented incident of a seal platoon who had an NVA prisoner in their posession, and during a rest period one of them accidentally launched a 40mm from the m79 he was carrying, and the projectile hit the NVA prisoner in the chest at almost pointblank range... it not only knocked the NVA on his back, it quite literally knocked him out cold... i think he also suffered several fractured ribs...
now anyways, as has already been pointed out, being dead in infiltration can cover incapacitation as well, since, as i think it was yurch pointed out "getting hit in the foot with a robar won't kill you"... so is it really that unrealistic that a close range hit from an unexploded 40mm wouldn't take you out of the fight?
as i said, just a thought...