maximum range vs weapon accuracy; warhead vs penetration
	
			 
             
			
		
		
		
		Is there an effect?  I'm playing as Iraq around 1991, and I have three RPG weapons to choose from: 
 
Name	Acc     Leth    Pen     Range	Warhead 
RPG-7	5	4:0	33	10	5 
RPG-16D	5	7:0	30	12	3 
RPG-18	5	4:0	38	4	4 
 
The best penetration is for RPG-18, but it's also by far the smallest range.  I don't intend to fire these weapons at their maximum range, so a range of 4 hexes would actually be perfectly acceptable - unless, of course, the accuracy calculation takes into account a weapon's maximum range, and gives a bonus when firing at targets well within the max range.  I could not find this info in the manual. 
 
Second question - the manual does say that warhead size affects damage and penetration (at least for HEAT weapons).  But - how large is this effect?  Here the difference in warheads among the three RPGs is significant - 2 points, or 66% percent if the RPG-16D is taken as the base.  RPG-16D already has the least penetration, but also the longest range.  But, if max range doesn't matter, but warhead size matters a lot, then RPG-16D would be the most useless weapon of the three. 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
		
			
			
			
			
				 
			
			
			
			
            
			
			
				
			
			
			
		 
		
	
	
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