Time to Open a Can of Worms - Weapon Data in OOB's

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Suhiir said:
In another instance an Army platoon ran into a Marine squad (do to some shifting of phase lines they wound up in the same place at the same time by accident). Since neither side knew about the other they had a little blue-on-blue action (no actual casulties tho as I recall). The Army platoon leader called back that he was under heavy attack by a company strength unit (due to the accuracy of the incoming fire) and began to withdraw. The Marines began to assault the Army position having suppressed it with their more accurate long range fire. About this time someone noticed both sides were American and the firefight stopped.
The Army guys absolutely could not believe that few rifleman could generate that level of accurate fire at that range.

Nice story. Here's an alternate interpretation

1]The "Army platoon leader " was green and green troops always think any fire is a "heavy attack " by a larger force and will report it that way so they will get support.

2} The "accuracy of the incoming fire" wasn't that "accurate" if it didn't cause any casualties so all that "be able to hit a man-sized target at least 50% of the time at 500m." rifle training isn't paying off as well as it should is it?

Don