Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow
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was pretty good and interesting. But oddly enough, what struck me the most was this fact....
When showing the sniper school soldiers (or were they Marines?) at Fort Benning training, all lined up at the 1K yard range, lying in the prone position, using rifles with a short bipod (looks like about 6 or 8 inches tall), the grass all around them on the firing line is short & smooth as a baby's bottom, almost like a golf course green. Of course this irritates me, since this creates a training condition which is nothing like any shot they would ever take as a real sniper in combat (unless they are taking out an enemy officer while he's golfing). Those short bipods, and indeed the entire shooting position and technique are gonna be as useless as teats on a boar hog, and a waste of training time, with ANY any sort of flora or terrain features close by. I don't think a silent lawnmower is standard issue to the sniper or spotter. Why the unnatural focus on the prone position? (as opposed to sitting with tall bipod, etc.)? You ain't gonna hit anything but weeds or dirt in a real scenario. /end rant. As I said, good show, though!
When showing the sniper school soldiers (or were they Marines?) at Fort Benning training, all lined up at the 1K yard range, lying in the prone position, using rifles with a short bipod (looks like about 6 or 8 inches tall), the grass all around them on the firing line is short & smooth as a baby's bottom, almost like a golf course green. Of course this irritates me, since this creates a training condition which is nothing like any shot they would ever take as a real sniper in combat (unless they are taking out an enemy officer while he's golfing). Those short bipods, and indeed the entire shooting position and technique are gonna be as useless as teats on a boar hog, and a waste of training time, with ANY any sort of flora or terrain features close by. I don't think a silent lawnmower is standard issue to the sniper or spotter. Why the unnatural focus on the prone position? (as opposed to sitting with tall bipod, etc.)? You ain't gonna hit anything but weeds or dirt in a real scenario. /end rant. As I said, good show, though!