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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Flamestrike" data-source="post: 6697215" data-attributes="member: 6788736">Wow.As an ex Army man, I can tell you that the average range of most contacts with the enemy (from WW2 onwards through Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan) are under 30 m (60 odd foot). In very open and mountainous terrain (i.e. where you are on higher ground, and there is no terrain or cover for your enemy to hide behind, such as Afghanistan) engagement distance can be pushed out to half a mile or so (around 800m) away but that is generally very rare indeed.This bears out in my practical experience as well.Seriously. Walk outside and tell me if you can see a mile (1600 meters) in any one direction. Try it again when you are next out in urban, woods, forest, scrub, hills, swamp etc etc.... basically anywhere outside. Its next to impossible.In anything less than a situation where you are on top of some high terrain and looking down into a valley (or looking over a large lake, dead flat desert, or out at sea) you are not going to bump into anyone until you're (within less than a hundred foot) or so. In close country (forest, scrub, jungle) you're looking at averages much less than 100'.Seriously; people [even trained scouts and SF soldiers] don't generally look at what's a mile in front of them. Humans only generally scan 100' and closer, with a focus on objects that are within the closest 20 or so feet.Just a heads up from practical experience man.</blockquote>