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Grrl Power #1296 - Assets include... sand
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Designated Marksman Rifles are designed to be effective around 800 meters. Plus or minus a bit depending on the actual rifle. "Proper" sniper rifles start at about 800 meters as well, but it can depend on what they're chambered for. The AWP, or Arctic Warfare Police, popularized (or vilified, depending on your point of view) by Counter Strike lists an effective range of 800m. Back in the day when I played a lot of CS2, I was a AWP whore, big time. My proudest moment was getting kicked from a game for "cheating" after going 30-2. I was playing on a local Shacknews server and had a ping of 12 on my new DSL line, so conditions were favorable.
I'm not actually sure what "effective range" means. I could google it of course, but an educated guess is that a round from a gun can hit reliably within a... 3" diameter (?) area and can deliver a certain amount of kinetic energy. Okay, let's google it. Huh. Okay, basically I was right. Not about the 3" measurement, but essentially it's a combination of precision and lethality. It also doesn't seem to be an "official" term, like there's no math ratios involved or FDA for guns testing each one for nutritional content.
What the hell was I talking about... oh, right, so the M24, the primary USAF sniper rifle also has an "effective range" of 800m, when chambered for 7.62×67, but the M24A3 is a variant chambered for .338 Lapua Magnum, and has an effective range of 1,800m. The .50 cal Barrett M82, is also listed at 1,800, but of course we've all heard of sniper kills way further out than that.
So, anyway, that's why I put "short range" in quotes in the last panel, cause while Peggy appreciates the lighter weight of a DMR, she also appreciates the flatter trajectory of the Lapua and .50 cal rounds. Of course, "short" range to Peggy tends to be medium to long range to a lot of other people, and long range to her most people don't even think is possible. But being a proper marksman is about more than landing some crazy shot 3,500 meters away, it's about hitting moving targets, or watching someone dive behind a wall and predicting where their momentum took them and still hitting them because bricks don't stop anti-materiel ordnance. Peggy's respected for being a skilled long range sniper, but also for hitting medium range twofers and repeatedly hitting targets after they dove behind cover. She's got that "the gun is an extension of me" mojo going on, and that "the bullet is an extension of my will" juju. Some people think there are humans that can juuust dip their toes into the Superion Field. They're not supers, but they're just a little bit too good at certain things.
Comments
Thomas Hodson-Cottingham
Panel 5, last text bubble: Is it intentionally 'sounB' rather than 'sounD'?
eddi_TBH
Assets: still alive.
Daikaiju
Time for some Neosporin.
Cha0sniper
Yeah, there's no consideration of "has enough energy left to kill" when it comes to firearms. Especially with high-powered rifles, they'll hit the ground long before air resistance appreciably degrades their velocity. Effective range is all about how accurate the thing is, how much deviation you should expect over a prescribed distance.
Michael Obert
I defer to your wisdom, not being a military man myself. 🙂
Don Crozier
So on your superion vs. normal human scale, where does Math sit? I thought he was one of the ones who’s a normal human tap-dancing on the dividing line or even reaching over when people don’t expect it. “Don’t mind me, I’m just stretching.”
Karl Hesmondhalgh
bullets do get eaten more than guns, yes.
Todd Ellner
Except when it isn't. Sometimes the correct thing is to take action right away like "hit the deck" or "run". Knowing when to not do the right thing is tough.
Randy Kittelson
Just a rocket jock with weapon related hyper fixation
Town Crier
Hey. She just woke up and is a bit addled... Besides, it's a great way to find out if the pilot and/or crew is alive.
Town Crier
Evil cackle. Oh, a few.
Anton Schleef
Or maybe he has other exposure to it that made Sydney an easier character to write for him. I do know that many people just don't seem to get it right. I don't have it myself, but I've known people who were suspected of having it rather well, and few authors manage to truly capture what even they were like.
Anton Schleef
I'm glad someone was here who can justify knowing the nitty gritty of "effective" range.
Anton Schleef
That sounds like you've got some really good stories.
Town Crier
My weird moments of pride include the many "Mike's not allowed to..." rules when FPSing with my friends. Or even better rules; such as, "If Mike cackles evilly, and we call him on it, after fifteen minutes he has to explain what he is doing, or is about to do to us." FUN!
Person
I suspect it was "first nature" long before Sydney was a thing.
Ray
Helicopters do not have propellers. They have rotors.
Andrew Denton
If she only had a wheelbarrow, at least that would be something!
Gullindjemprins
After years of writing Sydney, it’s probably second nature.
Randy Kittelson
So effective range is very much a thing. The reason there isn't a formula is that there are a lot of variables. The caliber of the round, barrel length, any stabilizers like a bipod, and type and quality of any optics are all part of it. In the Army, we talked about point vs area effective range. Its easier to hit a hilux or a formation, then a person. Also, burst fire or automatic fire can help, or hurt, depending on the situation.
Torabi
I would think the nutritional content of bullets would be more applicable than that of guns, but tastes do vary!
Michael Obert
Now that is a trained soldier. We have an ex-marine that does leadership training where I work and when he describes problem solving, this is step one: assess the situation. Well captured, Dave.
Mathew Aaberg
I love reading the artist blub for all the posts, each and every one is a text book example of ADHD and I love it. :D
