USSR: You are correct, it had been a long day when I posted. What I was getting at was that the military doesn't use match ammo, and even the good stuff that's not plain old MG ammo still isn't match ammo.
snipers regularly come in and out of fashion. when the british army was facing off against the red hordes in germany sniping was out of fashion.
exactly what precsion marksmanship is going to achieve against the soviet horde ordered west to kill anything in its path with the kgb at its back to encourage it I don't know
Falkands brought it back into focus very keen on it now buy a copy of sniper one for an insight into modern britsh sniping.
if there isn't an officer intrested in sniping and snipers the battalion will not employ its snipers effectivily if at all one CO I had thought snipers were irrelevant.
got severly annoyed when a set piece attack on exercise went to rat**** in less than half hour with all his command group company commanders platoon commaders senior ncos became casualities battalion ended up being commanded by the newist 2nd lt.
when questioned why he was'nt shot 2thought it would be cruelier to leave him in charge sir"
got to love the laser tag sets
to be fair learned his lesson and got behind getting more snipers
I am not sure how much you like to read but there is a great book that will answer most of your questions. The title is "Shooter". It is an autobiography of a USMC sniper in Iraq. (Gunnery SGT. Jack Coughlin). The book was a very good read and I would suggest it to any one that is interested in the military/sniper arena.
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.