Bullet to penetrate bullet-resistant glass

[Mandolin]

Go with the AA-12. THere's something truly evil about hosing a police car with a full-auto shotgun. Of course, you could give one of the bad guys a lever-action .45-70 or .45-110. That should realy do a job on glass.

[Spartan198]

Originally Posted by Ace Oliveira

Fuck the AA-12. Give them a M4 super 90.

An M4 Super 90 would probably be easier and faster to obtain.

Originally Posted by Mandolin

Of course, you could give one of the bad guys a lever-action .45-70 or .45-110. That should realy do a job on glass.

I'm not really sure that would be fast enough. Gotta blow a big enough hole in the windshield to toss in a CS gas grenade largely well before the cops are quick enough to react, in addition to a two-cruiser escort that needs dealing with.

And as I previously mentioned, it's a two-man team responsible for this. Definitely not an easy job...

Well, If all else fails you can use a .50 Beowulf. I'm pretty sure that would do it... But I'm not sure..

[Excalibur]

The box o truth didn't use a .50 on the window, so don't know if it'll penetrate a thick layer of glass. Maybe.

The Beowulf was designed to go through engine blocks so I think it should go through specific glass.

[Clutch]

Personally, I'd spring for the aforementioned M4 Super 90. Unless you're going to write it in as a plot point somewhere along the line, a slight credibility issue could come up with using a fully-automatic, very distinctive looking shotgun, especially if you're planning on leaving any of the victims of the ambush alive...

"I don't know what I could tell you, man...one of them was wielding this really blocky-looking gun...I just know one thing...I ain't never seen a 12-gauge fire that fast..."

Of course, that's just me thinking. I don't know what kind of realism you're shooting for here (no pun intended).

On a tangent...I've just started on my second and third novel, and this topic has inspired me to ask a couple of questions, one for each.

1) The second novel is a direct sequel to the first, taking place some three years after the first. One of the main characters, an LAPD detective, has been established in the first novel to carry a Walther P99AS in 9mm (unrealistic, yes, but despite the fact that I pretty much went the summer-blockbuster route with the novel, I did try to allude to his getting approval to carry the gun). He also used a SIG 552 as a carbine, but lost it in a climatic gunfight. As I start the second novel, I've toyed with the idea of replacing the SIG with either a short-barreled variant of the 556 or a Colt M933 (or similar variant). Should I choose either of these two guns, or should I just have him acquire a new 552 and roll with it?

2) The third novel is more of a crime drama, set in Baltimore. I'm trying to decide on a sidearm for the main character, an assassin with a tragic past and vengance on his mind. I've floated from a Desert Eagle, quickly over to a P99 (I know, I know...but I really like the gun), to a SIG Pro, to a Beretta, back to the P99. I'm kinda stumped. Any suggestions?

[Spartan198]

Originally Posted by Clutch

Personally, I'd spring for the aforementioned M4 Super 90. Unless you're going to write it in as a plot point somewhere along the line, a slight credibility issue could come up with using a fully-automatic, very distinctive looking shotgun, especially if you're planning on leaving any of the victims of the ambush alive...

No, not currently planning on leaving anyone but the hit team and the inmate being transported alive.

Of course, that's just me thinking. I don't know what kind of realism you're shooting for here (no pun intended).

It borrows a lot from the game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, so I'm more or less aiming for "semi-realistic Hollywood crime thriller". It'll have a lot of the action movie cliches, like thugs with Desert Eagles, gunfights with pistols and subguns held akimbo, and grenade launchers and anti-tank weapons used in way closer ranges than they actually can be.

The plot largely concerns the sexy, ambitious super spy protagonist Alexis Vega and her quest to build and maintain her own criminal empire in Vice City, Florida. It follows the Scarface formula, in that it will be a trilogy chronicling her rise, prosper, and ultimately her fall. It's something I've been sitting on for a good several years, but haven't worked much on in quite a while, mostly because I rewrote an "extra" role into that of a more significant character and ended up getting stuck.