I find this kind of strange. If the weapon was properly sighted, as it should have been from the initial range practice, the team leader must have been in the sight picture to be shot. Unless he was hit with a ricochet or flyer. It sounds like theremay have been a lack of control on the RSO‘s part, which becomes even more critical on live fire and movement ex‘s. Also as far as peripheral vision, it is possible with practice to shoot just as effectively with both eyes open, scoped or iron sights. As long as the prominent eye is used for sighting, you can disregard the "close the disengaged eye rule. As ender says, the idea of a scope on an mg makes little sense, except for identifying the target. Once it is aquired, an initial ranging burst with the iron sight is all that should be needed, then by retaining a picture of the fall of shot, burst on target technique takes over and sights aren‘t even required for killing bursts. This is much more effective than trying to walk rounds to the target through a vibrating gun sight, scoped or open.
