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Originally Posted by J0313
Merc4ulfate doesn't really have an idea of just how far 6500 meters looks when you are looking through a sight I am sure. Even through a magnified sight it is a helluva long way away. I spent 3 years as a gunner on a LAV-25 in the Marine Corps and we routinely engaged targets as far as 3000 meters and believe me that was difficult until you got the hang of it. And that was with an M242 25mm cannon. I could just imagine someone trying to hit something as small as a sub at 6500 meters with an iron sight or even a magnified sight back in the day.
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Shame they only gave you a pea shooter to play with.
A bushmaster like that comes a up a bit short against a 40mm Bofur on a Tambor from 30 years earlier let alone her deck gun with a trained crew. Should have joined the Navy like I did.
On a deck gun there is a
sight setter (puts in sight angle and deflection*also called lead angle*) the
trainer turns the weapon to target, the
pointer does as well. There is also an
officer up higher on the bridge looking down range with optics and calling out adjustments just like ground pounders do. The men on the weapon do not need to see a target they do need to listen to the officer as he tells them wear to aim. This is why following orders is so important.
This little gem will illustrate it for you. Real life isn't a game and the weapons we had in ww2 were far better than some might wish to believe.
I get such a giggle out of this film ... science is king and thank you Archimedes.