Appreciate the tutorial on electronic approximation of sound - but that is not the main issue: either by custom or by laziness, or some other reason, movies always have artificial sound effects when it comes to war movies.
HE sounds like HE, not like a black powder bomb. Gunfire sounds like gunfire - not blanks.
On this age of new technologies, CGI, far better dubbing capabilities, why not do it right?
People, particularly those people who really want hear what war actually sounds like, deserve better.
Thanks for your first-hand observations.
I’ve noticed big differences in the rifle sound when fired in western movies. Some have the sharp crack, others a muffled thud, others sound like blanks. And these are back-to-back rifle shots, too.