i mean...my first couple of deployments i definitely did not wear ear pro. the high speed active ear pro wasnt nearly as popular nor widespread, so communication was a bitch when all you had was foam plugs. i wasnt about do fuck around with it. i mean imagine walking/driving around smoking and joking with your mates then shit pops off, are you gonna stop and put it in? then your team leader yells commands at you, but you cant hear them because...earpro. so you take them out to hear him, then back in to move? oh wait...someone called on the radio and you only have that shitty handset that is barely loud enough as is, you gonna hear that shit with earpro in? so you got to take em out again to talk on the radio...if you even hear the call in the first place. once active ear pro was more prevalent, i definitely invested in a set. being near deaf in combat sucks. having superhuman hearing is the shit tho.

as for the flat range. i mean...most people outside of the usa dont use it. its a very 1st world thing.