Re: [GZG] Slightly OT - Hypothetical weapon question

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Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 10:34 AM, Ryan Gill <rmgill@mindspring.com> wrote:

> At 8:39 AM -0700 10/24/08, Evyn MacDude wrote:
> >
> >As for hitting a boat with one, that shouldn't be much different from
> hitting a boat with a rifle. It really depends how much practice you
have in
> the environment, and boats tend to be larger than ground vehicles.
>
> Well follow-up shots are harder to effect with any rapidity. And from
> water, you're on a pitching, rolling and yawing platform trying to hit
a
> pitching, rolling and yawing platform.
>
> I would argue, that firing an RPG from a boat against another boat is
no
> EASY subject. Far easier when shooting at a large ship.

True,

> >Note, small boat warfare was my MOS, so what I find reasonable may
vary
> from your average groundpounder.
>

> Ever fire anything that has a longer time of flight against another
water
> borne craft? Did you do it on open water and not on a lake or river?

Yes, quite a bit of I had quite a bit of experience in coastal zones,
and
yes slower weapons take some pratice....

But without practice, naw ya ain't gonna hit much.

-- 
Evyn