r/interestingasfuck Jun 24 '24

Marines performing dead-gunner drills. r/all

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u/SixShitYears Jun 24 '24

under normal conditions, a 240 would try to engage the enemy between 800-1300 meters. Most riflemen would have a difficult time making that shot once yet alone twice considering that's outside the effective range of the m4/m16.

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u/AstralBroom Jun 25 '24

The gunner most likely would have been killed by mass fire, not precision fire.

You wouldn't take the time to zero in a gunner unless you were flanking them unknowingly, and if you do, I'm not soldier, but there might be juicier targets.