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Are the rangefinders on scopes accurate?

Posted: 2010-11-20 23:23
by LegioX
Like for example the Dragunov PSO-1's rangefinder.

Re: Are the rangefinders on scopes accurate?

Posted: 2010-11-20 23:39
by HeXeY
Some are, such as the SPG-9 and the Mk19 when zoomed in I believe, but not all... yet ;)

Re: Are the rangefinders on scopes accurate?

Posted: 2010-11-21 04:34
by Wraith
I thought he was talking about IRL... I had a field manual ready and everything :(

Re: Are the rangefinders on scopes accurate?

Posted: 2010-11-21 22:13
by goguapsy
Wraith wrote:I thought he was talking about IRL... I had a field manual ready and everything :(
Haha! I hope that all scopes IRL are accurate...

Re: Are the rangefinders on scopes accurate?

Posted: 2010-11-22 00:11
by Target_Practice_117
goguapsy wrote:Haha! I hope that all scopes IRL are accurate...
I hope mine is and the enemy's are not :P

Re: Are the rangefinders on scopes accurate?

Posted: 2010-11-22 02:12
by ZephyrDark
I've actually been curious about this myself. It'd be nice as a soldier with the SVD or the AK-74 scope's rangefinders worked. Would be great if they did and allowed us as Squad Members to estimate range on targets without having to guess where they are on the map then guess the range via that.

Re: Are the rangefinders on scopes accurate?

Posted: 2010-11-22 05:48
by Dev1200
ZephyrDark wrote:I've actually been curious about this myself. It'd be nice as a soldier with the SVD or the AK-74 scope's rangefinders worked. Would be great if they did and allowed us as Squad Members to estimate range on targets without having to guess where they are on the map then guess the range via that.

It'd be easy to do, just measure how tall they are @ Xm, then adjust the lines to make it fit.

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Although we can only do it dependant on view distance. They could make a test map with infinite view distance, then just sight it in from there.

Re: Are the rangefinders on scopes accurate?

Posted: 2010-11-22 06:16
by TomDackery
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1. Lead mark for firing at targets moving from left to right at a speed of approx. 15 km/h at a range of 200 meters
2. Point of aim at 200 meters range
3. Circular reticule (Interior diameter 1.75 m man size at 400 m range)
4. Lead mark for firing at targets moving from right to left at a speed of approx. 15 km/h at a range of 200 meters
5. Horizontal line to determine whether the weapon is canted from the horizontal
6. Point of aim for firing at approx. 400 meter range
7. Point of aim for firing at. 600 meter range
8. Point of aim for firing at. 800 meter range
9. Man size of 1.75 meters at range X (200, 400, 600, 800m)

Obviously, with reduced bullet drop in PR (iirc) the point of aim is always around the Point of Aim @ 200m.
Now to question if it would work if I tried to use this in game.

Re: Are the rangefinders on scopes accurate?

Posted: 2010-11-22 07:10
by Redamare
:D interesting i hadnt even understood what those were for untill you just explained it ... i dont imagine they are too accurate to the map sizes ... because it changed from 1 2 4 K maps . . .

also ... ive noticed that the range finder in granadeer kit is a bit off . . . or i am just not doing it correctly or getting the right ranges :S

Re: Are the rangefinders on scopes accurate?

Posted: 2010-11-22 14:52
by goguapsy
Redamare wrote::
also ... ive noticed that the range finder in granadeer kit is a bit off . . . or i am just not doing it correctly or getting the right ranges :S
You know that the SL's range marker (on the map, not the GLTD) can have up to a 25 meter innacuracy from the real thing, right?

Re: Are the rangefinders on scopes accurate?

Posted: 2010-11-22 21:02
by LegioX
Geez, thanks guys, and btw TomDakery, the aiming thing for 1. and 4. are in fact accurate, as I tried aiming like that when shooting at a moving target. For the Dragunov, you'd want to fire when the enemy is approximately 2 markers away from the chevron. (actually 1 marker, but human reflex and ping speed screws with it a little bit so fire 2, you'll hit).

But if this is what the developers are developing, than it'll be friggin awesome!!

Re: Are the rangefinders on scopes accurate?

Posted: 2010-11-22 22:01
by Tte.oteo
TomDackery wrote:Image
1. Lead mark for firing at targets moving from left to right at a speed of approx. 15 km/h at a range of 200 meters
2. Point of aim at 200 meters range
3. Circular reticule (Interior diameter 1.75 m man size at 400 m range)
4. Lead mark for firing at targets moving from right to left at a speed of approx. 15 km/h at a range of 200 meters
5. Horizontal line to determine whether the weapon is canted from the horizontal
6. Point of aim for firing at approx. 400 meter range
7. Point of aim for firing at. 600 meter range
8. Point of aim for firing at. 800 meter range
9. Man size of 1.75 meters at range X (200, 400, 600, 800m)

Obviously, with reduced bullet drop in PR (iirc) the point of aim is always around the Point of Aim @ 200m.
Now to question if it would work if I tried to use this in game.
sorry mate...but u show wrong the distances... there is 2 types of this optics in HKg36... read more.

Re: Are the rangefinders on scopes accurate?

Posted: 2010-12-05 00:44
by TomDackery
Tte.oteo wrote:sorry mate...but u show wrong the distances... there is 2 types of this optics in HKg36... read more.
I didn't get anything wrong, I copy pasted all of this from wikipedia, so anything wrong with it blame them.

Re: Are the rangefinders on scopes accurate?

Posted: 2010-12-05 17:23
by the_ganman
Wraith wrote:I thought he was talking about IRL... I had a field manual ready and everything :(
are they? always wanted to know that