| From: | Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK> |
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| Subject: | Re: [OT] Weapon damage (was Re: 3G3) |
| Date: | Sat, 27 Dec 1997 20:06:24 +0000 |
|British Army experience was that, for the majority of shooters, the
|5.56mm L85A1
Is that similar to the SA80? Or another name for the same thing?
|Sounds similar to the APWT (Annual Personal Weapon Test). Targets appear
|at 100, 200 and 300 metres, targets usually fall when hit (IIRC some
|phases are several rounds per target), exposures are <5 seconds. Since
|we went to the L85, the ranges are typically longer, fewer 100m and more
|300m shots. The test is shot standing, kneeling, prone and in a fire
|trench, and some phases are shot in a respirator.
ACK! Well I'm stuffed then. Mind you, I suppose I could get exempted from
that part. (I can't see detail 10 feet away without my glasses, let alone
300 meters. [and they say it takes at least 3 months for the corrective
lenses to arrive that fit in the respirator...)
|Scores are still higher, even for units with iron sights vice SUSAT.
Never used a susat yet.
(Mind you, I've never actually been on a live range yet...)
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