As they continued to chat Rowan nodded along with the people who were listening attentively nearby whenever Tom gave some important advice.
Chatting and laughing, the group of people hurried back.
After washing up and resting for a while, they started the last day of classes.
During these ten days, various team activities were organized during the day to cuItivate some awareness of teamwork.
There is no requirement for tacit understanding like a football or basketball team, as long as there is chemistry.
In the evening, they had classes on how to move around, and were required to address each other by the names of the characters they were playing and to give each other directions.
To learn the basics, you need to master the use of weapons, as well as the company and squad tactics, and the army's code words and sign language signals during World War II.
In the middle, they will interspers (debate) the stories of veterans, and invite some veterans of World War II to talk about their stories.
Dale Dye's philosophy is interesting.
It's not about making them become soldiers, but about making them understand what it means to be a qualified soldier and what a team is.
To put it nicely, it is influence; to put it realistically, it is a quick-success method.
Make them look like that in the shortest possible time.
The effect is really good. After practicing for ten days, they have seen some improvement.
While they were in class, Spielberg came over with his people.
Spielberg looked at the people in the practice field and said to Dale Dye, "How's it going?"
"It went very smoothly."
Dale Dye smiled and said, "With Tom here, my job is very easy."
Spielberg nodded: "He's a good actor."
"Speaking of which, there is someone here who has a surprise for me."
Dale Dye pointed at a man and said, "At first I thought Rowan, a USC nerd, wouldn't be able to adapt."
Spielberg: "He was a martial artist before he became an actor."
"I see."
Dale Dye understood: "No wonder he can become a modern American hero. But he is really great, much better than most of the recruits I have taught. I even think that even if he is thrown into the battlefield now, he can survive well and become a legendary sniper."
Spielberg was a little surprised: "So amazing?"
When filming "The Mask of Zorro", he decided to choose Rowan after investigating and understanding him, knowing that he was a very dedicated and capable newcomer.
But I didn't expect to receive such high praise from Dale Dye.
Battlefield Legend...that's too high a rating.
However, looking at Rowan, Spielberg had to agree that Rowan was indeed the one with the strongest presence and the most professional military strength among the group of people. He has also seen his fight against Jean-Claude Van Damme but he wasn't sure if it was choreographed or not.
Spielberg suddenly became interested: "Can we arrange a rehearsal?"
"No problem. They should relax a bit on their last day."
Dale Dye walked over.
After clapping his hands to attract atte ntion, Dale Dye said, "The training camp is about to end. Let's organize an activity on the last day to experience the fun of shooting."
Refer to the military game, but omit the long-range marching/raiding part and only play the various shooting games.
This includes using a stepped wooden baffle as support for shooting.
The numbers on the board are the shooting order, and you need to be flexible in choosing your posture.
Use a nine-hole board as a support for shooting, and adopt different shooting postures when changing shooting positions.
Shooting from moving targets/unstable platforms, shooting from unstable helicopter platforms, shooting from unstable surface vessel platforms, and shooting with obbervers as support, etc.
It would be much more interesting if they didn't run but just shoot, and there was no score difference, so the actors were all very interested.
Rowan was also interested.
The games he could play in the dunge on were much more exciting than this, but it was different from reality after all.
He has touched guns and been to shooting ranges in real life, but he is far from being as skilled as a professional.
The gun safe is unlocked.
Everyone chooses guns according to their preferences.
Rowan did not choose a modern bolt-action sniper rifle, but only chose the Springfield M1903 rifle from Citigroup.
This gun looks like a toy, but it actually comes from the Springfield Armory in the United States, also known as the Springfield Armory, just with a different translation.
Developed under the license of the Mauser Arsenal, the revolving bolt action is modeled after the German M1898 rifle and can be regarded as a variant of the Mauser rifle.
The appearance is indeed very 98k. There is a reason why everything is 98k.
It was used extensively by the American Marine Corps in the early days of World War II, but was later replaced by the more a dvanced and more powerful Garand M1 semi-automatic rifle.
Later, the Springfield M1903 rifle was equipped with a sniper scope and served in the US military as a sniper rifle until 1957. There are still "a lot of new goods" now.
The gun in Rowan's hand was 90% new, the barrel was shiny, and the gun oil smelled fresh.
The battle had already started in front, so he had to wait for a while and check the condition of the gun at the same time.
After waiting for about ten minutes, Rowan came on board.
Rowan had noticed Spielberg and took advantage of the opportunity to use the setting.
Announcement, left-handed, pull the bolt, shoot.
Enjoy the silky smoothness with one set of movements.
The iron targets in the distance also jingled, proving that the super agent could shoot with both hands.
Dale Dye behind him exclaimed: "Hе сan hit quarters continuously at 400 yards. This kid's sniping is getting better and bett er."
Spielberg is not a professional and can't tell whether it's good or bad, so he asked curiously: "Is it good?"
"top notch."
Dale Dye gave a thumbs up: "First of all, the M1903 Springfield rifle is not a professional sniper rifle."
"The sniper rifles during World War II were basically improved by selecting high-quality products from ordinary rifles. The mechanism design is no different from ordinary rifles."
"The core mechanism is the same as that of the Mauser Gew.98 rifle, which is a controlled feed."
"The claw-type extractor immediately grabs the bottom edge of the shell as soon as the bullet leaves the magazine and firmly controls the bullet until it is ejected. The extractor does not rotate with the bolt, which avoids the failure of double loading, but this design also determines that it will not be as accurate as modern professional sniper rifles."
"A friend of mine did an accuracy test on several sniper rifles during World War II. The Springfield M1903 rifle + Leatherwood 3x scope, when using the 1953 M2 ordinary bullet, the bullet dispersion at 300 yards was 7 inches (17.78 cm)"
"There is a certain gap compared to modern sniper rifles."
"The zeroing range of the M1903A4 sniper rifle is usually 500 yards, but the normal practice is within 300 yards. During World War II, many snipers shot at 150 yards or even closer most of the time, and would never shoot an armed enemy soldier more than 200 yards away."
"This is also a problem with the accuracy of military standard ammunition. The ammunition severely restricts the shooting accuracy of the M1903 rifle, making it almost impossible to hit human targets beyon d 400 yards."
"The dispersion of ordinary ammunition at 300 yards is 7 inches (17.78 cm). My friend changed to Hornady match-grade ammunition and it can reach 2.5 inches (6.3 cm) at 300 yards."
"After understanding the difference in firearms, the next thing is the difference in sniper capabilities."
"When I was in the military, the squad marksmen I trained all thought that 100 yards and a quarter were the dividing line."
"If you can cover the three bullets at a distance of 100 yards with a quarter, the gun's accuracy is acceptable, that is, 1 MOA at 100 yards."
"By the way, the diameter of a quarter is about 1 inch, or 2.5 centimeters."
"Anyone can hit the target at 100 yards, and most people can hit the bull's eye, but few can hit the bull's eye continuously and stably. Only experts can do that."
"And if you can extend the distance to 400 yards and hit quarters continuously, that's absolutely top-notch."
"Maybe he can't shoot as far as those snipers who broke the 1,000-meter record, but hus accuracy is definitely not bad, not to mention that he is using the M1903 Springfield rifle."
"The gun has also been simplified in structure and process to meet the military's numerous needs."
"The difference in quality between early and late war guns was so great that the number of grooves on the M1903 rifle was reduced from four to two during the war."
"Germany's wartime simplification of the Kar.98k was even more crazy. By 1944, except for the sniper model, ordinary Kar.98k directly used smoothbore barrels. The final simplified model in 1945 even cancelled the rear sight, and the rear sight was just a V-shaped notch cut out of the L-shaped metal sheet."
"So for a top sniper, guns, ammunition, and ability are all important, but I still prefer artillery. Compared to precise sniping, it is more exciting to kill a whole lot with one pull of the trigger."
Dale Dye spoke nonstop.
Most of the technical terms were unfamiliar but not difficult to understand.