In movies, soldier's use the word "CLICK". What is that and how far is it?

eatmorec11h17no3

It's a kilometer, 1000 meters.

kaptin2001

1000 meters, or 1 kilometer or click or clik or klik..whatever. It is equvilant to 6 tenths of a mile so 5 kliks = 3 miles....etc

Centurion529

Click is short for kilometer, 1000 meters.

theooldman

Click, 1000 meters.
Click , term used to denote movement of point of impact from previous known point by turning screws on scoped rifles, and some manual sights, one click which either equals 1/4th or 1/8th of an inch in bullets' point of impact at one hundred yards.

crazyhorse19682003

Like everyone said 1000 meters, but I will say that a thousand meters through the bush with your weapon and about 140 pounds of equipment is almost eternity.

lesaber251

1 kilometer which is less than 1 mile

slabsidebass

one kilometer=one thousand meters.

hawndawg

One kilometer is a "Klick" it is a bit less than a mile.

Common Sense

A "click" is 1000 meters...

Damn Good Dawg

One kilometer-1000 meters

JimE

click is a slang for kilometer or 1000 meters since military maps are made in the metric scale.

xwdguy

A klick is 1,000 meters (1 kilometer), and here's the history on why the name.

C D

One "click" is one kilometer, 1,000 meters, or about 0.62 miles. There are two main stories behind the word: based on rifle distance sight adjustments and a method of recording every 1,000 paces.

It is a convenient measurement for foot travel as you can usually do about 3-5 clicks per hour depending on pack-load and terrain. Also, 1 pace (each time you put down your right foot or 2 steps) is often about 1 meter, so it's easy to count. Of course your speed and pace size may vary, so you should figure out your own before gauging distances based on this, but that's what it is!

David W

1000 meters

kerridwen09

Yes, a "click" is a kilometre and a kilometre equals 0.62137 miles.

4 miles = 2.48548 km (clicks)

Want a nifty converter?
http://www.derbyshireguide.co.uk/miles-into-kilometres.htm

queerbate

The word "klick" is a military term for distance. It's 3.3 yards per meter.

brian L

A click is short hand for kilometer or a thousand meters which is 3.3 yards per meter you do the math.

MOM KNOWS EVERYTHING

slang term for 1 kilometer. Probably because if their vehicles had odometers, they would "click" over as each kilometer passed.
http://www.milterms.com/search.php?method=exact&q=click&s=0

fionn hannon

it is around a mile or 2

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