Re: precision targeting
- From: Sam Nelson <sam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 15:08:27 +0100
In article <uBTqJb2+DqNDFwb8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, nothingread@xxxxxxxxxxx
says...
> In message <wwvd5mxgwbd.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Richard Kettlewell
> <rjk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
> >bof <nothingread@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> >> <Http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article314944.ece>
> >>
> >> There seems something rather mind boggling about needing a quarter of
> >> a million bullets to kill one person.
> >
> >I'm no soldier, but I doubt that every bullet fired is directly
> >intended to kill someone: I would expect that quite a few are fired in
> >the general direction of the immediate opponent to convince them to
> >keep their heads down (and thus not be able to accurately shoot at
> >you) while you manoeuvre around.
>
> I'm quite sure that is the case, but still find 250,000:1 quite amazing.
At 3.95g per 5.56mm NATO round, it's almost exactly a tonne each.
--
SAm.
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