- Joined
- Dec 4, 2011
I've been looking at some reenactor photos, and my sense of proportion is just totally shot (hah! No pun intended). But I'm looking for a sense of how far and, more importantly, how accurately a bullet could travel. What was a realistic firing distance for small companies or squads? Everybody just seems way too close.
I'm trying to decide, if you're out on a patrol alone with a reenactor-size group of a squad or a small company (not General So-and-So's division facing another division with a quarter-mile front), when did people decide it was time to fire or maneuver or run?
I hate to post reenactor photos because it might be construed as making fun of them, which is not my intention, but it's hard to tell what 50 yards or 200 yards is, and it also depends on cover and such. Would it be wrong to post reenactor photos and ask--is this too close? Should they have run by now? Do they have a chance of holding them off?
I'm trying to decide, if you're out on a patrol alone with a reenactor-size group of a squad or a small company (not General So-and-So's division facing another division with a quarter-mile front), when did people decide it was time to fire or maneuver or run?
I hate to post reenactor photos because it might be construed as making fun of them, which is not my intention, but it's hard to tell what 50 yards or 200 yards is, and it also depends on cover and such. Would it be wrong to post reenactor photos and ask--is this too close? Should they have run by now? Do they have a chance of holding them off?