Mrs. Bunkermeister is on the range with a Thompson Submachine Gun. She also fired the .45 caliber Grease Gun as well, both on full automatic fire. Despite being a short woman she was able to handle both weapons well, and scored excellent hits on the targets. This test firing was a first for her as she had never fired a fully automatic weapon before this trip to the range.
When devising wargame rules, first hand knowledge is important. Not all of us have had to participate in actual warfare, but we can test many aspects of warfare without really joining the army. My wife and I went to the pistol range and then the submachine gun range to test fire various weapons. This gave us a good understanding of how these weapons function and how easy modern firearms are to use, with only a little training.
Many wargames have rules about how to see a target. Walk outside on any given day and see how far away your unaided eye can see a pedistrian. There is a road near my home that allows a view of a mile. While people look very small, you can see a lot at that distance if you take a few moments to observe. With binoculars or other optics you can see even more. The longest range sniper shot was nearly two miles away from the target. So get out of the wargame room and do some field work to validate those rules.
2 comments:
A Thompson machine gun, that looks like fun. I shot a M3 grease gun several times. That was fun too, a little hard to control for some people if they're not prepared. Start low, and by the end of the magazine your too high.
Great fun!!
We shot the Grease Gun and the Thompson SMG. Mrs. Bunkermeister loved it! She kept trying to figure out how we could get a Thompson in California!
She did very well and her target was a mass of "kills."
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