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Originally Posted by CDAT
It may just be me, but those ranges look short of what they should be. Years ago when I was still in Tanks, we had to ID vehicles out to 3000+ meters, and spot them further than that.
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Using only your eyes or an optic? It seemed "Counter-Intuitive" to me too... until I took a 4-hour course in "Glassing" (observation training for hunting). I'd have to see you spot a man-sized object beyond 1000 meters without an optic. The Army also did several tests and the average adult with 20/20 vision has about a 3% chance to see a man at 1000 meters. AFV's ranged a bit longer based on the size of the vehicle in question. I settled on the "middle ground" of the three tests I read about. If you were using the M1's gunsight, you were using either X3 or X10 magnification in your sighting exercises. This would extend your range of Detection/Identification. Keep in mind that on a flat plane, a man can only see to 5Km due to the curvature of the Earth.
I was also surprised to see that most people (about 95%) couldn't identify a person they knew in a crowd past 40 meters (the Berkley Study I referenced). I wonder how many court cases were appealed due to that study?