^^ don't quote all the damn pic's
^ i like the tan .50!
http://www.marines.mil/units/marsoc/...-4595B-185.JPG
http://www.marines.mil/units/marsoc/...-4595B-092.JPGMarine Special Operations Company with the 2d Marine Special Operations Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command fires his Enhanced Marksmanship Rifle (EMR) at targets in the valley below him. Marines and Sailors conducted high angle shooting at the top of Rocket Mountain here April 17, 2009. (Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo / Released)
A Marine from a Marine Special Operations Company with the 2d Marine Special Operations Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command fires his M107 Long Application Scoped Rifle (LASR) at targets in the valley below him. Marines and Sailors conducted high angle shooting at the top of Rocket Mountain here April 17, 2009. (Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo / Released)
Sniper teams from Logar Afghanistan
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Lebanese Airborne sniper seen at a show in his camouflage.
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Question:
Can a sniper accurately get the target's distance using this reticle or any other scope reticle?
I ask because a while ago there was this short clip I watched where a former SEAL was giving a lecture about getting the target distance based on the target's height. He began to draw a right triangle but that was when the clip was cut-off.
Thanks...
I don't know about "accurately", but knowing the angular units of markings on your optical device (binocular, sniper sight, scope etc) and the size of object you are looking at (e.g. assuming an average height of a standing man) you can calculate the distance. For example, the standard unit we used in IDF (I imagine this is an international standard at least in metric system) is mils, which means that a marking 1mil long on your optics corresponds to 1meter at 1000meters distance. So, for example, if you looking at a person occupying 1mil in your scope, you can assume that he is at distance of 1800meters (assuming height of 1.8m for a man). Sometimes the inverse is what you are looking for - e.g., knowing the distance from, say, the laser range finder, you'd want to find out what you are looking at in poor visibility conditions, an animal or human, for example.