taly01 Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Then there are the combat studies which show that the amount of ammunition expended for one kill is quite remarkable and that a significant number of small arms shots fired are not aimed at all. Forget the names of the studies but they are out there. According to Jentz's book at Halfaya Pass in North Africa 1941 One 88 Flak regiment scored 92 armoured vehicle confirmed killed for 1680 shells fired!! And this was an exceptionally good result 18 shells per tank kill! The main combat difficulty in hitting moving targets beyond 500m or so is range estimation and allowance for tank speed and wind drift. How much these problems are minimised depends alot on the skill of the gun crew. The effects of the absolute accuracy ability of the guns hardly even factors into the above equation! Perhaps also part of the problem with Infantry getting mauled in TOW is that the infantry doesn't "manouevre" they just go in a straight line to objective. Regardless of enemy fire! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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