[supercat]

This long-range sniper's rifle with laser-scope can knock out an armoured personnel carrier from a distance of one kilometre.

BWAHAHAHAHA! What ridiculous hyperbole from the anti-gun nutcases

Can anyone explain to me, optically, how this could possibly work? Laser light travels in a straight line. Bullets don't. Also, even with optics, I don't think one is going to see a laser dot 1,000 feet away unless the laser itself is powerful enough to be used as a deliberately-targeted blinding weapon.

[supercat]

1000 feetmeters away

[xm177e2]

Can anyone explain to me, optically, how this could possibly work? Laser light travels in a straight line. Bullets don't.

You can correct for bullet drop by lowering the angle of the laser, but that only works if you calibrate it to a specific distance.