they had simple range finding apparatus, and i think that a practiced eye gets some accuracy - but no - it's not realistic.
Some of us avoid the WO for just this reason
my dream mod (but i don't think it can be done) would be to cut off the last 3 digits so you only get it to the nearest 1000m (rounded down) - that would be more reasonable i think
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