"5. Determining the combat characteristics of the German sniper rifle
The results of determining the muzzle velocity of the German sniper rifle are included in attachment #4, where you can see that the muzzle velocity of the Mauser rifle #6448 is 764 m/s.
The results of the precision and accuracy of the German sniper rifle with open and optical sights are included in attachment #5. Here are the average results.
With open sights
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With optical sights
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Dispersion radii, cm
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Deviation from point of aiming, cm
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Dispersion radii, cm
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Deviation from point of aiming, cm
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100%
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50%
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Vertical
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Horizontal
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100%
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50%
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Vertical
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Horizontal
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100
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9.5
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3.6
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+12.5
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+0.7
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9.4
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3.9
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+1.9
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-20.2
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300
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28.3
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15.0
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-17.8
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+14.0
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33.3
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15.3
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-56.7
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-48.0
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600
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47.3
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25.7
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-56.3
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+47.7
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61.0
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25.3
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-165.0
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-101.7
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Are you sure that table isn't reversed? The optical sight seems to make the accuracy worse!
ReplyDeleteThat is absolutely correct, I was surprised myself. I guess the scope just was not very good.
DeleteThat or the scope was damaged a little before or during the capture. Indeed perhaps the rifle shot so poorly the German soldier threw it away in hope of getting issued a new rifle or perhaps he had already been given a better rifle.
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