Looking at the feature image we have to say we are somewhat impressed with the accuracy. While they are shooting at about 25ft, they are doing so from a ship at sea and underway. The shooter has to compensate for the movement of the ship going 14-18 knots and the motion of the deck. There isn’t much pitch on a 90,000-ton aircraft carrier in calm seas, but it is several inches of vertical travel.
PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 03, 2022) Logistics Specialist Seaman Georgia-lee BriggsWhitaker, from South Kingstown, R.I., fires an M9 pistol aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln is currently underway conducting routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2n Class Joel A Mundo)
PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 03, 2022) Aviation Ordnancemen Airman Melo Hernandez, from Sylmar, Calif., fires an M2A1 .50 caliber machine gun during a live-fire exercise on the fantail of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln is currently underway conducting routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2n Class Joel A Mundo)
PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 03, 2022) Sailors fire M240B machine guns on the fantail of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln is currently underway conducting routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2n Class Joel A…
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