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47. Correct me if I am wrong

Wed Jul 18, 2012, 01:44 PM

Jul 2012

It is quite possible to miss the relatively small water columns from .50 cal rounds. If the small craft was upwind, hearing either a hail or the firing of light arms could go unheard.

You have never been shot at with a .50 cal? Were you around when they fired those suckers?

The warning shot had to have been fired when the boat was between 150 yards and 900 yards. They is the reported distance from sighting to engagement. You can't miss an M2 firing if you are that close.

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Correct me if I am wrong sarisataka Jul 2012 #47

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