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1.7m is a common height used for Russian optics of military weapons, used to measure distance based on the height of a person in the scope. https://en.wikipedi

• sandworm101 4y ago
  So it is better to be taller, causing the bullets fired at you to fall short, than be shorter and have the bullets fire over your head? I'd rather them open fire thinking I am further away than I actually am.
  • blaser-waffle 4y ago
    They're not going to be able to guess that, or be especially concerned with the range -- if bullets are coming by they're getting down or hauling ass. You aim for the center of mass -- roughly at the heart. A bullet, thusly aimed, that drops slightly short can still hit someone in the leg or lower abdomen. Or it'll hit the ground and kick up dirt, be more visible. A fixed height for each tick mark also means you can use the enemy high to roughly calculate distance.
• draugadrotten 4y ago
  The average height of a woman in Russia is 1.65 so I guess that explains why they choose 1.70.