12-03-2011, 07:34 PM
The fact is that no rifleman has any fantasies about effectively engaging targets at 800m+. 500m is a stretch, especially under fire. That is the territory of DMR's, SAW's and M240's right now. The problem is that M240's and SAWs are difficult to get into action because of their weight and bulk, compounded by the disparity in fatigue the gunners experience in relation to riflemen carrying M4's...so when contact happens, the guys with the lightest blasters are the most able to assess the situation, maneuver into the best positions, which are more likely to be at the forward edge of friendly troops, while the guys burdened down with SAW's are suckin' wind trying to find a good position to get into a shooting solution.
Weight and bulk are the biggest enemies with small arms, other than the M4 and SPR.
203's and similarly re-packaged GL's are limited to 400m effective range, and most grenadiers can't make hits under stress much past 200m. The first thing to be removed are the new Star Trek scanner aiming devices that are supposed to compensate for wind, and have laser range finders and the sorts of firing solutions mentioned by Tony, but they are simply too bulky for any self-respecting soldier to hump around and get caught on stuff, with the insane amount of top weight that makes them totally impractical.
Weight and bulk are the biggest enemies with small arms, other than the M4 and SPR.
203's and similarly re-packaged GL's are limited to 400m effective range, and most grenadiers can't make hits under stress much past 200m. The first thing to be removed are the new Star Trek scanner aiming devices that are supposed to compensate for wind, and have laser range finders and the sorts of firing solutions mentioned by Tony, but they are simply too bulky for any self-respecting soldier to hump around and get caught on stuff, with the insane amount of top weight that makes them totally impractical.