11.12.2009, 15:19
I've been shot at with weapons of the medium/heavy automatic type, and I didn't notice so much the tracers as the sound of the bullets as they "snapped" passed. The snapping noise a bullet makes is completely lost to most folks due to most archival info being on the giving end, not the receiving end. I would include the super talented pool of mod makers out there in this. There is no way for them to know about the snap, unless they have been "there", or worked the pit at a range.
If you are down range and some one shoots anything bigger than .30cal, the bullet "snaps" and *then* you hear the boom of the shot. If your far enough away, 600-800 meters, you may not even hear the boom depending on the wind or other noises, but I guarantee you hear the snap as long as the bullet is still supersonic or at least 1200 fps in velocity (roughly).
I'm sure WWII pilots heard the snap and not the boom.
MudMarine
If you are down range and some one shoots anything bigger than .30cal, the bullet "snaps" and *then* you hear the boom of the shot. If your far enough away, 600-800 meters, you may not even hear the boom depending on the wind or other noises, but I guarantee you hear the snap as long as the bullet is still supersonic or at least 1200 fps in velocity (roughly).
I'm sure WWII pilots heard the snap and not the boom.
MudMarine