As a tank gunner, we'd think of it in terms of dismounts in the open, 400 meters. The usual gunner's direct fire telescope is a 10 power, not very far from a common 3-9 power variable telescope, and 4-12 power scopes are also widely available.
Judging from the bursts we heard, he was runing ammunition magazines of 50 [MagPul drum] or 100 rounds each, then dropping the hot weapon and switching to a pre-loaded *fresh* weapon*, avoiding overheated barrels, but more importantly with an AR-15 or M16, avoiding overheating the gas tube and burning a hole through it.
In the tanks, we ran a 6,000 round belt, and generally ran about 30-round bursts. Every 5th round was a tracer, so we could observe our rounds path and impact, especially at night, out to about 900 meters.
He was reportedly on the 32nd floor, and assuming around 10 feet of height per floor, that puts him in an elevated position about 320 feet high, about a quarter as high as he was far away, so that puts him at a downslope range of about 385 meters. From that position, I'd expect results more like 550 dead, and 80-100 for my driver to run over to make sure of.
One fairly busy day we set off with a full 6,000 rounds in the turret tac tray for the co-ax machinegun, plus another 12,000 rounds in ammo cans on the turret floor. Before lunch we had to return to refuel and reammo, having run off all but around 2500 rounds through the co-ax. It wasn't the busiest day we had by a long shot.
Want to stop sniper shootings at concerts or ball games? Park a tank with a good crew on the field. This is how it's done.
Want to stop sniper shootings at concerts or ball games? Park a tank with a good crew on the field. This is how it’s done.
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good idea archy