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Using a standard issue riflemen (M16, for example) in scope mode, and assuming you are stationary, and also assuming that you have 0 ping, how easily should you be able to hit a moving solder at a range of 100 meters?

AY, I put 50% taking in all the factors of the game ( ping, hit detection , and thinking of gameplay ect.) but then I re-read your post. Realistically, if your target is out in the open and your sight is pointed directly at him at that close a range, and you have no reason to misfire( out of breath ect.) then the chance of hitting that target should be 75%-95%.

I voted 100% for a similar reason.

In-game, no wind, everything the same, stable M16, mouse in the correct position, (standing/crouch/prone??), theoretically you should get a hit on every shot you make.

Personally, I'd say 100% prone, 85-90% crouched, 75% standing.

Then comes the whole cone-of-fire/scope sway/deviation argument.

Realistically, that's a different argument as well. The question didn't take that into account.


Edit: The question also didn't take type of movement into account. Fast, perpendicular, erratic etc.

assuming he's running in a linear path with no obstructions and I am crouched, 100%, but since thats rarely the case, 75% is my vote

I "should" be able to hit a moving target 100% of the time. Maybe not with every bullet but with 7 out of 10.

75% gets my vote

do you have to lead the target or just aim right on him?

it really depends. if he is moving parallel to my bearing, I usually hit and kill them. if they're moving perpendicular to my bearing, it's ****ing impossible to hit him.

100m would be a fairly easy shot with the 5.56 weapons because of its speed but it shouldnt be a pin point shot by any means. Im pretty sure this another deviation related poll and I would say it should have mostly minimal effects to it at a man sized moving target at 100m but once past that it should be significantly more difficult. Good marksmanship should not be a random occurrence is what Im saying.

Does he run directly at you, away from you or is he moving perpendicular to my bearing? If directly at me, 100%. If hes moving perpendicular, then 0-25%. If hes zizzagging, then i will pull out my AT-4...

depending on my skills... 50%
a bit of a weird question... you should hit a position 100% when you considered bullet flight time and bullet flight line and the bullet is exactly flying like it would fly from a barrel (excluding any deviation algorithms and including realistic ballistics calculation)

testing that sort of exercise in ARMA I hit 60% of fast moving targets between 50m and 300m, while using realistic mods for weapons behaivor and ballistics

frrankosuave wrote:I "should" be able to hit a moving target 100% of the time. Maybe not with every bullet but with 7 out of 10.

Woar, you get 100% accuracy with 7 hits out of 10 shots?


Assuming that the guy I'm shooting at is a numb sack and keeps running like on autopilot, I might hit with 75% of my rounds. If he goes nuts after the first hit (going prone, ziggzagg) I'd say only 25% - and if he starts bunny hopping chances of hitting the target are 130% since I'd love to call in a freaking JDAM for that kind of people.

I voted 75% of the time, thats how it appears to be all ready

Useless poll, as you dont say if hes running across your sights or towards. If towards, 90%. If across 50%. Either way if you get the ballistics and the zeroing right, isnt this something we should be able to find out for ourselves?

As people have pointed out, it depends on the bearing he is running on, as an average, and whether he is taking any evasive action.

S.O.P wrote:I voted 100% for a similar reason.

In-game, no wind, everything the same, stable M16, mouse in the correct position, (standing/crouch/prone??), theoretically you should get a hit on every shot you make.

Personally, I'd say 100% prone, 85-90% crouched, 75% standing.

Then comes the whole cone-of-fire/scope sway/deviation argument.

Realistically, that's a different argument as well. The question didn't take that into account.


Edit: The question also didn't take type of movement into account. Fast, perpendicular, erratic etc.

*Pedant detected*

-Stop acting like retards and read into the question instead of engaging in a massive anal pedanticism.

I hated the deviation when it was first introduced... and I mean "HATED" it.. then I realized that you can actually run across open areas without getting hit and I learned to like it... (then of course the HATSNIPING rule was lifted on the server I play on, and that joy was taken from me)

I feel the deviation as it is now is OK, but the timer should be based on AWSD keypad movement and not mouse movement, as to give a bit of an advantage to implaced defending forces.

I have been down to Bisley (the shooting range not far from where i live) a few times and have been on their moving deer target which moves farily rapidly and is about 100 yards out, with a Remington 700 i can get about half my shots on target so i voted 50% - that said i have never used an M16A4.

Feenan. wrote:I have been down to Bisley

I almost got there.. *sob* but that's another story.

100M = about 60'.

If you can't hit a human sized target 100% of the time under the conditions stated then you obviously aren't in the Canadian Armed Forces.