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Starting at the same 10 yards as with the pistol, our corporal fires his M1896 at the charging juramentado.
As with the revolvers, shot placement matters.
Bad rolls will fuck you here.
Assuming we're aimed at the beginning of our turn at 10 yards, we fire at +2 to skill for a 14 to hit the torso and 11 to hit the vitals.
If they don't drop or you miss, 11 for the torso at 5 yards then 13 at contact.
Going for the vitals hit normally drops them dead right there with a single shot.
Getting two torso shots normally almost gets to the berserker stopping -5x HP.
Three torso hits occasionally fails to stop them right at your feet.
10 Yards? That is short for musket fire. It would be foolish not to use the range available with that rifle, especially if the ammunition is that poor. And what about the finale with a bayonet or a sponsoon? If it was a massed attack, the pistol is fine at long range. If you don't get your target, you get the guy next to him. Whoop! I use the one sided die on the line. Or several in a stipper clip. I never made rate as a "Gentleman".
ReplyDeleteThere are several recorded instances of juramentado sucking up multiple .30-40 rounds and still getting stuck on a bayonet still twitching.
DeleteMany cases of ranges under 10 when they spotted the attacker coming too.
The point of this "study" was to see if GURPS can recreate the recorded situation.
It does.
It also holds up when simulating an M1 carbine against a screaming Chinese soldier. Spoiler, the carbine does fine if you can actually hit said worthy screaming Chinese gentleman.
Over and again I suspect that the real problem is the, historically, poorly trained troops not actually hitting and going for spray and pray.