Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="MGibster" data-source="post: 9012571" data-attributes="member: 4534">The US Army conducted a lot of analysis on their soldiers during World War 2 and discovered the maximum practical distance the infantry could engage the enemy was about 300 meters.  Your M-1 Garand might have an effective range of 500 meters, but you're probably not going to have the enemy in view until they're much closer than that.  (These same studies showed that units made up of soldiers who hated Germans were more effective at killing them than those who had no strong feelings about Germans.)  Environment plays a big part in what your effective range might be.  I like to hike through the woods a lot, and you're not shooting an arrow at many targets that are 100 meters or more away.  Not only might it be difficult to even see the target, good luck making sure the arrow doesn't hit any branches or leaves as it flies through the air.  I can easily hit a target with my deer rifle from 300 meters away, but I've never shot a deer that was farther than 70-80 meters away from me simply because I often can't get a direct bead on one when they're farther away.</blockquote>