Re: Marksmanship - longish

In a message dated 7/14/99 10:40:40 AM EST, Thomas.Barclay@sofkin.ca
writes:

<< Assuming the troop quality is good, the shooter isn't suppressed (no
 one is shooting at him AFAHK), and his target is in reasonable light
 or out in the open, etc - it shouldn't be impossible for him to hit
 that target. If he's a poor quality troop (trained but inexperienced)
 of if he's being shot at (suppressed), is in poor light, target in
 cover, etc. the shot will obviously be harder and he could fire 15
 rounds at close range and miss all of them  >>

Muzzle movement is indeed more extreme when the target is closer. Which
is 
why when caught in an ambush doctrine tells you to move TOWARD the enemy

fire. That's because troops moving towards the fire make themselves
harder to 
track and gets them out of the crossfire quicker! Though
self-preservation 
makes that a tactic that only hardened troops will foloow all the time.