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Originally posted by Probert:

Picking them off at 500 meters? Have you ever tried to hit anything with a rifle at 500m?

You would have to be an Olympic level shot to pick the crew off one at a time. In addition to disregarding the chaos going on all around you.

Hardly.

When I was in the Marines we trained to hit torso-sized targets at 500 yards with open-sight M-16A2s. If you couldn't hit the target as a matter of routine, you would be in BIG trouble.

A WWII bolt-action has comparable - maybe even slightly better - accuracy.

With that said, the gun cres with the gun shield - well, they had more protection than the average rifleman...?

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