Expvideo writes:
Can you answer the question you were asked earlier in this thread? I was kind of annoyed that you didn't address it, since it is important:
Have you ever fired a machinegun?
I reply:
I answered that question on the first page of this thread, reply #8. I said "yes."
Correction:
I fired a number of different infantry weapons and I was mistakenly thinking of the M203 sights when I said that they could only be dialed in for targets out to 400 yards.
However, I do know for a fact that the target that I was shooting at with the M249, a halftrack, was 380 yards away. I found that, if I held the fore-end of the weapon as firmly as I could, aimed at the base of the target, and squeezed off a burst of 15 to 20 rounds, I could hit it three or four times. Ding! Ding! Ding!
However, in sustained fire, after my initial three hits, it was very difficult to keep the weapon steady on the target. I raised a lot of dust spraying bullets all around the halftrack but was rewarded with precious few "ding" noises.
So, no, I am not an expert with this weapon. But I have fired a couple thousand rounds through one, so I am not completely ignorant of its capabilities either.
I stand by my assertion that, if one has his motorcycle parked in the living room of a house and fires out the window, it is entirely possible to get on that bike, drive out the back door and scram before (Russian) soldiers armed with light machineguns and RPGs can get on target.
If one stays in that house for more than a few minutes, however, they will blow it up.
Can you answer the question you were asked earlier in this thread? I was kind of annoyed that you didn't address it, since it is important:
Have you ever fired a machinegun?
I reply:
I answered that question on the first page of this thread, reply #8. I said "yes."
Correction:
I fired a number of different infantry weapons and I was mistakenly thinking of the M203 sights when I said that they could only be dialed in for targets out to 400 yards.
However, I do know for a fact that the target that I was shooting at with the M249, a halftrack, was 380 yards away. I found that, if I held the fore-end of the weapon as firmly as I could, aimed at the base of the target, and squeezed off a burst of 15 to 20 rounds, I could hit it three or four times. Ding! Ding! Ding!
However, in sustained fire, after my initial three hits, it was very difficult to keep the weapon steady on the target. I raised a lot of dust spraying bullets all around the halftrack but was rewarded with precious few "ding" noises.
So, no, I am not an expert with this weapon. But I have fired a couple thousand rounds through one, so I am not completely ignorant of its capabilities either.
I stand by my assertion that, if one has his motorcycle parked in the living room of a house and fires out the window, it is entirely possible to get on that bike, drive out the back door and scram before (Russian) soldiers armed with light machineguns and RPGs can get on target.
If one stays in that house for more than a few minutes, however, they will blow it up.