system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5 why in movies they tell the soldiers not to fire until they get closer

Wouldn't I want to start taking them out as soon as I can?
gpt
Letting the enemy get closer is advantageous in several ways:

A. It allows more accuracy in a ordinance-expended-to-kill ratio, being that accurate shots are easier to make at closer distances, especially in times before rifled barrels were in wide use.

B. It gives the enemy less time to seek shelter and dig in, avoiding a drawn out stand-off.

C. In relation to B, it provides a much more lethal element of surprise, and doesn't allow the enemy to form defensive formations, leaving them in unorganized disarray and easier to pick off and break their line.