Bullet drop. where is it?

[flake]

shoot tracers and you can see them drop.or shoot a pistol at the sea. the assault rifles do seem to have very little drop but looking on t'internet the m16 has an effective range of 550m !

[Max Power]

If it's anything like ArmA, the assault rifles are zeroed for 300m and the sniper rifles 600m mostly.

[ultimateflashpoint]

The drop usually comes at about 600 meters. In RL, the AK-47 drops drastically for me within 200 m so use the Ak's for closer range engagements, as even in game, they have terrible accuracy.

The 7.62x54R on the other hand usually lasts out to about 500-700 meters depending on how good of a shot you are.

[topeira]

when u guys say that an AR is zeroed at 300m does that mean the rifle actually shoots slightly UPWARD so at 300m it will heat dead center?

(i guess IRL. not necessary in the game)

[Overwatch]

when u guys say that an AR is zeroed at 300m does that mean the rifle actually shoots slightly UPWARD so at 300m it will heat dead center?

(i guess IRL. not necessary in the game)

It will shoot dead centre upto 300. After that the bullet will lose speed and start to drop.

Fire up the editor. Pick a sniper (m107 is the daddy of them all) line bad guys up. Click middle mouse when you have your binos or scope over the target and you get a distance. PLay around and get good at them.

Heres a test. Aim for a head shot at and enemy at 700m full zoom and it will fall short due to bullet drop. At that range you need to rain the bullet down onto the target. Go full zoom at 300m and aim head and the shot will go high because the zoom changes the zero point. No zoom at 300m and head shot every time. Thats just on the flat, different elevations changes things too.

For assault rifles forget about bullet drop unless your aiming up/down elevation. At medium to long ranges a General rule of thumb is to aim short of the target when shooting from raised elevation and aim above when shooting up elevation.

[Cellus]

when u guys say that an AR is zeroed at 300m does that mean the rifle actually shoots slightly UPWARD so at 300m it will heat dead center?

(i guess IRL. not necessary in the game)

Check out Dslyexci's TTTP guide, the basic marksmanship area in this section is what you're after.
http://ttp2.dslyecxi.com/basic_rifleman.html

[sneakey pete]

when u guys say that an AR is zeroed at 300m does that mean the rifle actually shoots slightly UPWARD so at 300m it will heat dead center?

(i guess IRL. not necessary in the game)

Yes. Just remember that the trajectory won't be a perfect parabola, it start dropping faster the further out you go due to wind resistance etc.

[Max Power]

when u guys say that an AR is zeroed at 300m does that mean the rifle actually shoots slightly UPWARD so at 300m it will heat dead center?

(i guess IRL. not necessary in the game)

Yes, and it is necessary in the game. It's how the ballistics work.

[householddog]

Here's a link I found on bullet drop - from Wikipedia.


Gives a good idea of how it works.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/External_ballistics

[Espectro]

when u guys say that an AR is zeroed at 300m does that mean the rifle actually shoots slightly UPWARD so at 300m it will heat dead center?

(i guess IRL. not necessary in the game)

Exactly!