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globefish23 wrote:

Mekstizzle wrote:

that one bit in SP where you use the Barret .50 cal and they make you adjust for wind/drop and "Coriolis effect"

What the heck?
Coriolis effect with a super-sonic cal .50 rifle? That would be hardly observable at these short ranges.

And has that game even a compass so you know in which direction you're shooting? Otherwise it would be useless to compensate for the Coriolis effect.

lol... It does have a compass, he's talking about CoD4...

Although that mission is shite in terms of realism, despite what people say.

loubot wrote:

Not sure if anyone mentioned it, but isn't GPS off by 30 to 50 ft? So it would be an inaccurate reading to begin with.

10-20 feet with WAAS, but that's not outside of North America. So yeah, it would be inaccurate.

I know the gps I used in the army had a +/- of 10 meters I think it was

-Sh1fty- wrote:

krazed wrote:

on a clear day it's very visible

I heard something like they can see it if they un-focus their scope or something.

Anyway, amazing shot, hell there isn't even a word for amazing enough for that shit. Imagine all the things that come into play (please tell me what I miss).

- Barrel temperature
- Distance
- Angle
- Humidity
- Resistance of bullet through air
- Wind
- Coriolis effect ?
- Air density? (Like elevation of both targets, less air at higher altitudes)

What am I missing?

your position and your targets and the rotation of the earth relative to that. and as someone else has pointed out the curvature of the earth

Amazing shot, noone can deny that.

rdx-fx wrote:

eleven bravo wrote:

i almost went to sniper school

I've the patience and attention to detail to be an MI geek, or an Engineer, or a designated marksman.
But not the eerie 'oh, I just spot things without thinking about it' that the snipers I've known have.

Yesterday, for example, driving down the highway at 75mph, past a field full of 30+ horses, one of the old snipers comes out with;
"Oh, there's a new colt in there"
He was the one driving.. we don't know the owners of that field.. he never appeared to look at the field other than out of the corner of his eye.. we were 40 miles and 55 miles from where we live, respectively.
He just notices things without seeming to have to work at it, or even think about it.

Meh, Only known one sniper, he be dead now =/

eleven bravo wrote:

if i had been a minute faster on my run time I would have gone.

is that for the forty?

eleven bravo wrote:

if i had been a minute faster on my run time I would have gone.

My APFT was usually 270.  100 on the run (10:15 - 10:30), 100 on the situps, 65-70 on the pushups.

eleven bravo wrote:

I know the gps I used in the army had a +/- of 10 meters I think it was

Two signals coming from a GPS sat; C/A and P(y) signal.  C/A is the unencrypted 'less accurate' civilian data stream.  P(y) or P stream is the encryptable stream, depending on whether or not the US military wants to allow it to be used by the rest of the world, to improve the accuracy of the C/A stream.

If the secondary P(y) stream is encrypted, you need a GPS receiver loaded with the encryption fill.  i.e., a military GPS.



The other large part of the accuracy of a GPS lies within the GPS receiver itself.
To make an accurte GPS receiver, you need;

• a precision timing circuit - to time the differences between the incoming satellite signals. Not a clock, a timing circuit.  The signal coming from the GPS is the current time, as known by the atomic clock onboard that GPS satellite.
• a decent math processing circuit - to do Trilateration math (intersection of spheres), a little 'best fit' statistics, and a few calculus equations... oh, and a fair pile of relativistic physics (yes, 'Einstein math'. really)  Think: TI-89/TI-92 calculator circuitry.
• proper programming of the above circuitry - to take the time differences, do all of the math properly, and in a timely manner.Doing 'analog' math on digital circuitry (relativistic physics, calculus, etc), in a real-time coding manner, on digital circuitry.. not easy.

Even if you have both the C/A and P data streams available, a cheap GPS receiver won't do the full equation sets to get a precise answer.
Both data streams and a good Receiver, and you can get down to 1m accuracy.
Both data streams, a good receiver, an onboard inertial reference system, and a precision clock with a current time-hack from the atomic clock ground station (naval observatory, as i recall) used to periodically update the GPS sats... and you can get really serious accuracy.
Fly cruise missiles down Baghdad streets, take a left turn on Saddam street, fly through a window - kinda accurate




Note: mostly from memory, so I may be a little off on a few areas.  Used wiki to remind me what the two signals were named.

eleven bravo wrote:

i always maxed push ups and sit ups.  My run was always shit.  the highest I did the run was in the mid 14's.  never scored more than 70 which always pissed me off because I would have had like a 320 or something if I had maxed the run and counted my sit ups.

Seems like there were plenty of people in the same boat as us.  2 out of 3 scores at 100+.
Tall thin types - max run and situps, not the pushups
stout massive types - max pushups and situps, not the run

Can't think of anyone that maxed the run and pushups, but not the situps

rdx-fx wrote:

eleven bravo wrote:

i always maxed push ups and sit ups.  My run was always shit.  the highest I did the run was in the mid 14's.  never scored more than 70 which always pissed me off because I would have had like a 320 or something if I had maxed the run and counted my sit ups.

Seems like there were plenty of people in the same boat as us.  2 out of 3 scores at 100+.
Tall thin types - max run and situps, not the pushups
stout massive types - max pushups and situps, not the run

Can't think of anyone that maxed the run and pushups, but not the situps

anyone care to explain how this is scored to me?

Cybargs wrote:

Trotskygrad wrote:

Aimbot tbh.

Anyways... Enlighten me to why the Household Cavalry is called that.

Their job is to guard members of the royal family afiaik. Hence the name "Household." Pretty much secret service/military regiment. Elite motherfuckers too.

I'm joining the Household Cavalry, start basic in August.
They're the cavalry regiment of the Household Division (Household Div consisting of all the guards regiments, ie. footguards, etc.) ceremonially they operate in Knightsbridge, London where they carry out mounted and dismounted guard at Whitehall, the entrance to St James park, which is pretty much the front lawn of Buckingham palace. They also guard the Queen on state visits, Trooping the Colour, State opening of Parliament, etc. The tradition of the Household Cavalry guarding the monarch dates back 350 years.

Operationally, they are a Formation Recconaissance regiment, using vehicles such as he Scimitar CVR(t) and Jackal, operating forward of the front line. They also carry out the recce role on foot.

Yep, you could say I know about my future regiment

edited to add: Not secret service at all.. Only thing 'secret' is being sneaky when out on recce ops.

Last edited by *DD*Slug (2010-05-13 03:27:28)

That's not my future at all. That's a foot guard, I'll be mounted

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Far superior to any foot guards regiment!