Fact: Most expert long distance shooters cannot hit a stationary target under perfect, windless conditions at such distances (one notable exception in Vietnam1). Ill-trained terrorists shooting a high-recoil .50-caliber rifle at fast moving targets – a 600 mph airplane, for instance – have no chance.
Fact: The only known uses of .50-caliber weapons in downing aircraft have been military aircraft usingfully-automatic machine guns spraying fire while in combat against other aircraft, and as sniper fire on stationary aircraft (i.e., on the ground) on enemy airfields. Not even the military’s best sharp shooters are going to ignite a jet’s fuel tank when the jet is flying between 150-500 miles per hour.
This is an excerpt from “Gun Facts” by Guy Smith, available free from http://www.gunfacts.info
- C. Sasser and C. Roberts, “One Shot, One Kill: American Combat Snipers in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Beirut”, referring to Marine sniper Carlos Hathcock. ↩
on Jul 1st, 2009 at 12:26 pm
Dear Seller,
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