Heavy machine gun (SLASH'EM) - Revision history

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Ion frigate: the world record for most distant sniper kill (yes that's a thing) was for years held by someone with an M2

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the world record for most distant sniper kill (yes that's a thing) was for years held by someone with an M2

Ion frigate: just finished a gun-happy tourist - ROF is most important; 1/8 weight is viable if unpleasant, but 2H is probably still a dealbreaker

2023-10-15T10:03:05Z

just finished a gun-happy tourist - ROF is most important; 1/8 weight is viable if unpleasant, but 2H is probably still a dealbreaker

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 ==Origin==
-{{wikipedia}}
+{{wikipedia|Heavy machine gun}}
-The term "heavy machine gun" has historically been used to refer to several different classes of weapons. In modern usage, it generally refers to weapons such as the World War I-era M2 Browning - a large weapon weighing approximately 100lbs and intended to be fired by a small crew from a stationary tripod, the Browning is also found mounted on aircraft and tanks.
+A heavy machine gun (or HMG) is significantly larger than light, medium or general-purpose machine guns and has more formidable firepower, but are typically too heavy to be carried by one person: HMGs usually require mounting onto a weapons platform in to be operably stable or tactically mobile, and generally require a team of personnel for operation and maintenance.
-Note that real-life heavy machine guns actually tend to have a lower rate of fire than their smaller counterparts: their heavy construction instead enables them to fire heavier ammunition, to fire accurately at longer ranges, and to fire for longer periods of time without overheating.
+Historically, the term "heavy machine gun" refers to machine guns that are weighty and cumbersome enough to prevent infantrymen from transporting them on foot, and are typically chambered in standard full-power cartridges; examples of historical HMGs include the Maxim machine gun and M1917 Browning machine gun. The modern definition refers to "heavy caliber" machine guns that are designed to provide increased effective range, penetration and stopping power against vehicles, aircraft and light fortifications far beyond that of both the full-power cartridges used in battle rifles and medium or general-purpose machine guns, as well as the intermediate cartridges used in assault rifles, light machine guns and squad automatic weapons.
 ==References==

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+   |weight=500 (200 in Hack'EM)
    |material=iron
    |size=two-handed
 }}
-A '''heavy machine gun''' is a [[firearm]] that appears in [[SLASH'EM]] and [[SlashTHEM]]. It is a [[two-handed]] launcher that can fire [[Bullet (SLASH'EM)|bullets]] at a very high rate, and is always on full automatic mode.
+{{for|the weapon in dNetHack and its derivatives|heavy machine gun (dNetHack)}}
 ==Generation==
-[[Yendorian army]] lieutenants have a {{frac|2}} chance of [[Monster starting inventory|generating with a heavy machine gun]], and [[captain]]s have a {{frac|4}} chance of generating with one.
+Heavy machine guns are generated differently across variants.
-==Rate of fire==
+===Hack'EM===
-The heavy machine gun's rate of fire depends on its enchantment and skill of the user.
+In Hack'EM, heavy machine guns are not randomly generated, though they can be wished for or found in bones.
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 ==Strategy==
-The heavy machine gun is generally not a viable weapon - at 500aum, it weighs the same as a [[loadstone]] and takes up half of a vanilla ''[[NetHack]]'' character's maximum [[carrying capacity]]; in SlashTHEM, where the maximum is set to 4000, it may be worth using for its superlative rate of fire, but its two-handedness still renders it quite inconvenient. [[Assault rifle]]s in both games offer a comparable rate of fire with smaller to-hit penalties and less than 1/10th of the heavy machine gun's weight.
+The heavy machine gun is generally not a viable weapon across most of the variants it appears in, primarily due to its immense weight being on par with a [[loadstone]]. In SLASH'EM, it will take up around half of a hero's maximum [[carrying capacity]]&mdash;in variants such as SlashTHEM (where the maximum carrycap is set to 4000) or Hack'EM (where the item's weight is decreased) it may be worth considering in theory for its superlative rate of fire, but in practice its two-handedness still renders it quite inconvenient.
 ==Origin==
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 Note that real-life heavy machine guns actually tend to have a lower rate of fire than their smaller counterparts: their heavy construction instead enables them to fire heavier ammunition, to fire accurately at longer ranges, and to fire for longer periods of time without overheating.
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+{{variant-343}}<!--{{variant-36X}}{{variant-37X}}-->
-[[Category:SLASH'EM items]]
+[[Category:SLASH'EM weapons]]
-[[Category:SlashTHEM items]]
+[[Category:SpliceHack weapons]]

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+A '''heavy machine gun''' is a [[firearm]] that appears in [[SLASH'EM]] and [[SlashTHEM]]. It is a [[two-handed]] launcher that can fire [[Bullet (SLASH'EM)|bullets]] at a very high rate, and is always on full automatic mode.
 ==Generation==

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 The term "heavy machine gun" has historically been used to refer to several different classes of weapons. In modern usage, it generally refers to weapons such as the World War I-era M2 Browning - a large weapon weighing approximately 100lbs and intended to be fired by a small crew from a stationary tripod, the Browning is also found mounted on aircraft and tanks.
-Note that real-life heavy machine guns actually tend to have a lower rate of fire than their smaller counterparts: their heavy construction instead enables them to fire heavier ammunition, and to fire for longer periods of time without overheating.
+Note that real-life heavy machine guns actually tend to have a lower rate of fire than their smaller counterparts: their heavy construction instead enables them to fire heavier ammunition, to fire accurately at longer ranges, and to fire for longer periods of time without overheating.
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 {{variant-343}}
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 ==Strategy==
-The heavy machine gun is generally not a viable weapon - at 500aum, it weighs the same as a [[loadstone]] and takes up half of a vanilla ''[[NetHack]]'' character's maximum [[carrying capacity]]; even in SlashTHEM, where the maximum is set much higher, its better rate of fire is offset by its weight and bigger [[to-hit]] penalty. [[Submachine gun]]s and [[assault rifle]]s in both games offer a comparable rate of fire with smaller to-hit penalties and less than 1/10th of the heavy machine gun's weight.
+The heavy machine gun is generally not a viable weapon - at 500aum, it weighs the same as a [[loadstone]] and takes up half of a vanilla ''[[NetHack]]'' character's maximum [[carrying capacity]]; in SlashTHEM, where the maximum is set to 4000, it may be worth using for its superlative rate of fire, but its two-handedness still renders it quite inconvenient. [[Assault rifle]]s in both games offer a comparable rate of fire with smaller to-hit penalties and less than 1/10th of the heavy machine gun's weight.
 ==Origin==

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-A '''heavy machine gun''' is a [[firearm]] that appears in [[SLASH'EM]] and [[SlashTHEM]]. It is a [[two-handed]] launcher that can fire [[bullets]] at a very high rate, and is always on full automatic mode.
+A '''heavy machine gun''' is a [[firearm]] that appears in [[SLASH'EM]] and [[SlashTHEM]]. It is a [[two-handed]] launcher that can fire [[bullet]]s at a very high rate, and is always on full automatic mode.
 ==Generation==

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	Due to its extreme weight and only marginally better rate of fire than [[assault rifle]]s, the heavy machine gun is generally not a viable weapon. Use a submachine gun or an assault rifle instead.		Due to its extreme weight and only marginally better rate of fire than [[assault rifle]]s, the heavy machine gun is generally not a viable weapon. Use a submachine gun or an assault rifle instead.
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		+	==Origin==
		+	{{wikipedia}}
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		+	The term "heavy machine gun" has historically been used to refer to several different classes of weapons, but in modern usage it generally refers to weapons such as the M2 Browning. Dating from World War I, this is a large weapon weighing approximately 100lbs, intended to be fired by a small crew from a stationary tripod. It is also found mounted on aircraft and tanks.
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		+	Note that real-life heavy machine guns actually tend to have a lower rate of fire than their smaller counterparts such as submachine guns and assault rifles. Their heavy construction instead enables them to fire heavier ammunition, and to fire for longer periods of time without overheating.

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Heavy machine gun (SLASH'EM) - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: /* Origin */ revise

Umbire the Phantom: FCU pass

Umbire the Phantom: Umbire the Phantom moved page Heavy machine gun to Heavy machine gun (SLASH'EM) without leaving a redirect: disambig

Umbire the Phantom: pothole

Ion frigate: the world record for most distant sniper kill (yes that's a thing) was for years held by someone with an M2

Ion frigate: just finished a gun-happy tourist - ROF is most important; 1/8 weight is viable if unpleasant, but 2H is probably still a dealbreaker

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