Duke of Doubt
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Dave A: "Several years ago a book was published with the title "Ratenkrige" or "War of The Rats". It is an historical fiction of a snipers duel that occoured during the battle of Stalingrad. Several errors were made such as refering to muzzle flashes as dim and blue, resting a rifles barrel on windowsill to steady it, and getting point of aim adjustment wrong when shooting on an incline. Other than that it was a pretty cool book. Russian snipers were taking a real toll on the Germans and the Germans reacted by send out one of their best to act as a counter sniper."
The dim blue flashes were from artillery spotting rounds. You can steady a rifle on a windowsill. POI indeed is affected by incline. Those aren't the "problems" with that book, some of which problems were necessary for storytelling, but I enjoyed it, too.
The dim blue flashes were from artillery spotting rounds. You can steady a rifle on a windowsill. POI indeed is affected by incline. Those aren't the "problems" with that book, some of which problems were necessary for storytelling, but I enjoyed it, too.