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Originally Posted by mac_bolan00
a 30-cal round at 1,000 meters is still basically a point trajectory fire, though a holdover is already needed. you can fire your 30-cal mg to plunge and enfilade a ground target well past a mile out. i've seen the m-60 reach 1,500 meters during a plunging fire exercise. those arcing tracer bullets looked pretty.
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A 30-cal although very impressive in its own right and yes can shread not only a man to pieces but also lightly armoured units is not a artillery piece but a close squad combat support weapon.
Quote 'Artillery':Historically,
artillery (from French
artillerie) refers to any engine used for the discharge of large projectile in war. The term also describes soldiers with the primary function of manning such weapons and is used organizationally for the arm of a nation's land forces that operates the weapons. This term includes coastal artillery which traditionally defended coastal areas against seaborne attack and controlled the passage of ships. With the advent of powered flight at the start of the 20th century artillery also included ground-based anti-aircraft battries. In military terminology, a unit of artillery is commonly referred to as a battery.
This does not include field artillery such as the German 75mm gun or the Russian 76mm gun. It does include all indirect pieces such as mortars and howitzers a long with all the standard artillery pieces such as the British 25pdr or the 105mm and 155mm pieces plus all rocket artillery.
Plus you meationed the M-60 SAW MG
, that is great what you said but this is a WW2 forum not based on anything but WW2
Oh and mine would have to be the German 10cm (actually 10.5cm) schwere Kanone (sK) 18 yeah baby
