Re: Rail guns (was: US SOCOM desires...)

["Gareth Livergood" <garethlivergood@xxxxxxxxx>]

> > I'm not sure of what the new standards are for marksmanship in the UK.
> > However, the US Marine Corps has the highest basic rifleman standards of
the
> > US military.  They still qualify at 300m in basic training, all other
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> 500m.  Hitting a man-sized target at 500m isn't tremendously difficult,
> either--I can't imagine why the other services don't require 500m quals.
>
> Army still quals at 300m.
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> I may be off on these numbers, BTW--I seem to recall 500/300, not
> 300/200.  I can't imagine the Marines have abandoned their old 500m
> ranges.

Come to think of it, your right.  The Marines are at 500, the Army at 300,
and the Air Force I think is at 200.
Thanks for the correction.
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