zman wrote:

Game nerds don't have a clue about how hard it is to hit a target in combat conditions. Your talking live fire where your adrenalin is pumping and you know there isn't a reset button. That is why the accuracy isn't that good cause it represents live combat. Now if they want even a more realistic eviroment, have some dude with a paint ball gun firing back at the player that has no armour protection. That might get a little closer.

David Hardy wrote:

Actually, most games have firearm accuracy that is unrealistically high, astronomically high.

In the 18th century, it was said that it took a man's weight in bullets to kill him, and studies show this was pretty much the case.

In WWII, I read a calculation that it took 10,000 rounds fired to produce a casualty (or maybe a KIA). In Vietnam, with everyone carrying full autos, it was much higher, altho I forget the figure.

Figure that , assuming a sight radius of 24", and a vital area 10" in diameter, at 100 yards the sights must be aligned to within 1/30 inch (either way) to get a hit, and at 200 yards to within 1/60 inch. Try that while the heart is pounding, hands may be shaking, bullets are coming back, the rifle is recoiling in full auto and, in this case, the vehicle is bouncing.