diff --git a/context/gauges-hud.md b/context/gauges-hud.md
index 558ce9d..137549b 100644
--- a/context/gauges-hud.md
+++ b/context/gauges-hud.md
@@ -99,7 +99,13 @@ range caret binds to the live target range (`BTSetHudTargetRange`, fed by mech4'
 `tools/disas2.py` — the full annotated read: the task-37 commit + btl4vid.cpp comments) [T1],
 and every instrument is now live [T2]:**
 - **Right ladder** = range 0–1200 m: a BAR from ladder-top to the caret + the yellow caret
-  translate (`-scaleY·frac`); pegs at 1200 with no target.
+  translate (`-scaleY·frac`); pegs at 1200 with no target; the DISPLAYED range slides at
+  **500 m/s** toward the true pick range (HudSimulation :5652 [T1]). **The weapon pips sit on
+  this same ladder at each weapon's authored max-range mark** — caret below a pip = that weapon
+  reaches the target. BLH authored data (live dump): 3× ER-M laser red @**500 m** (two stacked
+  at one column; PipExtendedRange=1), 2× missile amber (0.6,0.4,0) @**800 m**, 2× PPC blue
+  @**900 m** — so the 7 pips read as 3 weapon-SYSTEM groups. (The engineering-panel "RANGE 500M"
+  labels are panel text; the authoritative reach is the streamed WeaponRange.)
 - **Bottom 21-tick tape = the TORSO-TWIST indicator** (NOT a heading tape): deflection line +
   carets at `∓(span/2)·(RotationOfTorsoHorizontal / HorizontalTorsoLimit)` (HUD attrs 4/5/6).
   Fixed-torso BLH: centred (authentic static).
diff --git a/game/reconstructed/btl4vid.cpp b/game/reconstructed/btl4vid.cpp
index 7453414..6413431 100644
--- a/game/reconstructed/btl4vid.cpp
+++ b/game/reconstructed/btl4vid.cpp
@@ -1545,6 +1545,11 @@ BTReticleRenderable *BTBuildReticle(Entity *mech)
 		RGBColor pc = wp->PipColor();
 		float r = (float)pc.Red, g = (float)pc.Green, b = (float)pc.Blue;
 		if (r < 0.0f || g < 0.0f || b < 0.0f) { r = 0.78f; g = 0.08f; b = 0.02f; }
+		DEBUG_STREAM << "[hud] pip: classID=" << (int)ws->GetClassID()
+			<< " pos=" << wp->PipPosition()
+			<< " range=" << wp->WeaponRange()
+			<< " ext=" << wp->PipExtendedRange()
+			<< " rgb=(" << r << "," << g << "," << b << ")\n" << std::flush;
 		gBTReticle->AddWeapon(
 			wp->WeaponRange(),
 			wp->PipPosition(),
diff --git a/game/reconstructed/mech4.cpp b/game/reconstructed/mech4.cpp
index 2734e82..783dc55 100644
--- a/game/reconstructed/mech4.cpp
+++ b/game/reconstructed/mech4.cpp
@@ -538,7 +538,8 @@ extern BTDriveInput gBTDrive;
 static const Scalar kDriveMaxSpeed = 30.0f;		// full-throttle forward speed
 static const Scalar kDriveTurnRate = 1.2f;		// full-deflection yaw rate
 // (kWeaponRange removed: the damage gate now reads the AUTHENTIC per-weapon
-//  targetWithinRange -- effectiveRange @0x328 = (1-damage) x authored 500 m.)
+//  targetWithinRange -- effectiveRange @0x328 = (1-damage) x the authored
+//  WeaponRange: BLH lasers 500 / missiles 800 / PPCs 900 m.)
 
 // Single local-player drive state (bring-up).
 static Scalar gDriveHeading   = 0.0f;			// yaw about world up (Y)
@@ -2528,7 +2529,8 @@ void
 
 			// THE AUTHENTIC RANGE GATE (FireWeapon @004bace8 :7758 [T1]): damage
 			// applies when dist <= the weapon's EFFECTIVE range = (1 - host-zone
-			// damage) x its AUTHORED WeaponRange (BLH lasers/PPCs: 500 m) -- the
+			// damage) x its AUTHORED WeaponRange (BLH: lasers 500, missiles 800,
+			// PPCs 900 m -- the [hud] pip dump) -- the
 			// per-weapon targetWithinRange flag UpdateTargeting computes each
 			// frame.  Any live weapon within reach lands the aggregate shot.
 			// (Replaces the old kWeaponRange=100 bring-up constant, which