The Green Union wrote:Spirit of Hope wrote:Training isn't the issue, a well trained marksman is going to have trouble hitting a man sized moving target in the time that target is going to be exposed. Especially since the target isn't going to be at a known range, wind conditions will be hard to determine, and the shooter is unlikely to be in an ideal position, and probably under fire themselves.
Firing out to these distances requires specialized training and gear, an important note is snipers work as part of a team, with a spotter. When regular infantry with sights out to thousands of yards/meters was a thing the infantry were not engaging individual targets, but instead engaging in volley fire at area targets, and even then they generally weren't very good at it and the oppertunity to engage this way was relatively rare.
6.5 and 6.8 are better at range, but they weigh more. What is more important, more ammo or more range? More ammo is always more useful but more range is situational for a modern infantry unit which should have a plethora of ways to engage the enemy at extended ranges. If you don't have those capabilities and you don't have modern rifles, see late 19th and early 20th century, then the extended range is more reasonable because you aren't losing as much and you don't have as much to cover the gap.
Basically this. No matter how well trained your average infantry, and how precise their individual weapons, you will not be getting reliable hits beyond 300m. In fact, you'd probably be getting more accurate fire around the 600m range with 5.56mm due to the heavier recoil of 7.62 or 6.5mm options.
The main reason for people on NS going with 6.5mm Grendel or something sexy is because rule of cool tends to prevail on this site and the stats on paper of these weapons cause them to be overhyped. Personally, I would say to step back and actually design your nation's military around a cohesive doctrine. Small arms is a great place to start, since infantry tactics and the weapons involved in them are fairly simple and a lot of NS military roleplaying revolves around the infantry.
That's not to say that you can't have some rule of cool elements in there, but be sure to also touch on the downsides of these elements so you don't sound full of yourself. For example, the Green Union service rifle is currently a full sized 7.62x51mm battle rifle. This is, of course, a terrible idea in real life. But I get a lot more mileage out of writing up and roleplaying the quirks and flaws of GU infantry than I would if I simply said "my weapons and tactics are the best."
the uaie has a wide range of weaponry, we have many branchs and gladly can cover weaponry to various branchs. is it pratical? not always, HOWEVER theres a plan behind the whole thing.