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Originally Posted by stormlion1
At longer ranges its harder to hit, simple as that. So troops deliberately wait for closer ranges because they can be assured of more hits. And by and large most troops don't have fancy scopes. They have to make do with iron sights.
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It also scared the bejeezus out of opposing forces in Iraq in 03; when you are coming at them full speed to close the distance. Whether that was a dog trot in full gear or a fast dash in a humvee. Units greater in size then us would break contact and haul ass.
The second reason for closing the gap was to limit indirect fires. Neither side wants to call arty/mortars down on friendlies. In 03, the advantage was to Coalition forces with more accurate fire at close range to friendly forces. GPS positioning of the requester and the tube makes a huge difference. Coalition forces were always able to call accurate fire, then the FO and the tube could displace rapidly making counter battery less effective. Even units on the ground could shift positions fast under indirect fire, with GPS and Blue Force tracker, units were baiting indirect fires to reveal enemy tubes to coalition counter battery or CAS.