Originally Posted By: pooch
Originally Posted By: Ken61
Originally Posted By: pooch
A machine gun can be like an artillery piece.


That would be "Plunging Fire".


Kind of like plunging shotgun fire. You shoot in bursts so that several rounds hit in the targeted area nearly simultaneously. You don't have single round accuracy at long ranges, you have burst accuracy.


Easier, and much more spectacular, with an M203. However, a Battalion Six firing TIme on Target pretty much says it all, excepting when the Iowa Class was still in commission. (I wish I had seen that, I saw a film of it when I was in AGOS at Eglin. We actually got the Commander of Syrian forces in Lebanon with one) A Cluster Bomb impact is exciting, had that one a few Clicks away in Iraq.

Best thing for snipers, a Battery One of VT.

Regards
Ken

Last edited by Ken61; 06/19/17 12:04 PM.
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