njc110381 Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 I was shaking my head when that fella shot the wall twice because his barrel was too low. What a numpty! You wouldn't catch me shooting a wall like that.... Or a gate or a fence (twice) for that matter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun4860 Posted June 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 Wasnt it Ed Harris mate (I know , Im a nerd!!) Andy . ooh cant remember, sorry All those interested in this kinda stuff should have a read of Sniper One by Sgt Dan Mills PWRR. Top account of grizzly contact and loads of gun talk for you lot to drool over. I finished it in 3 nights, couldn't put it down. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sniper-One-Blistering-British-Battle/dp/0718149947 just ordered from Amazon, £1.59 inc delivery I'm a sucker for sniper programmes and books and find the stories told fascinating. Re. Sundays programme, all seem to be highly trained and competant individuals but I did have my doubts over the SWAT sniper at an armed stand off.(can't remember his name or the place) Gunman is outside a building holding a gun to a hostages head and is expected to shoot. The sniper is instructed to take him out with a head shot. BANG - No reaction, the sniper assumes he's hit the glass doors behind the gunman. BANG - Another miss,assumes he's done the same again. The desperate gunman is getting more anxious but doesn't pull the trigger on the hostage. At this point a fellow SWAT member points out to the highly trained marksman that he is,in fact, drilling holes in a low wall just infront of his muzzle! Said marksman then raises his rifle and drops the gunman! He said in his interview he was glad he saved the hostages life!! Glad my life wasn't in the hands of that clampett! I'd have said he was very lucky! You'd have expected a mistake like that to end up with alot more dead. Don't know what Carlos Hathcock would have made of that!! WR not seen that one, the first one I saw was the americans in Iraq/Afghan, sniper drops man carrying a mortar at 1038m, also a car full of bad men at 600m Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cushion94 Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 Sniper : inside the crosshairs Wednesday 9pm military channel. Interviewing a sniper from afghan who dispatched a Taliban from a mile and a half Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin lad Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 (edited) I watched a "Mythbusters" where it was tried, It was proved it couldnt be done with the guns and ammunition of the period, They eventually did it but only after upgrading to modern high ballistic up to date ammo, again not at anything over 75 yards Snipers, Its on channel 531 on Sky (military channel), they are currently running a few of them, another one is 18:00 next thursday As another adage, last nights mentioned the 2 snipers in the film "enemy at the gate", where the Germans send their top sniper(Robert Duvall?) to kill the Russian sniper (Jude Law) They said "did it really happen?, the Rusians said it did" Also a bit about the Russian section of 2000 women snipers of whom only 500 survived the war they did it with modern gear and he got a bullet to go through scope at 100 yards but at 450m like in private ryan the curve of the bullet meant it would not go through scope just made a mess of it colin in enemy at the gate the rifle used by the Russian sniper vassily yelsin (or how ever you spell it) is still in the Stalingrad museum Edited June 8, 2012 by colin lad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.I.A Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 (edited) I bought the book written by vassili zaitsev (the above mentioned sniper) haven't read it yet but by all accounts it's a very good read Edited June 8, 2012 by M.I.A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin lad Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 I bought the book written by vassili zaitsev (the above mentioned sniper) haven't read it yet but by all accounts it's a very good read thats how you spell it :lol: colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bicykillgaz Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 I think he was just lazy In all seriousness though, how many of us could spend that long working our way through the grass. How do they get around the smell though, I mean, when you gotta go you gotta go !! Man size nappies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrelsniffer Posted June 19, 2012 Report Share Posted June 19, 2012 (edited) You usually have a no 2 in the LUP (Lay up position)in plastic bags and taken with you before the stalk commences..when you cam each other up with the same type of vegetation/grass ect that you will stalk through..if you need a No 1 just do it while stalking...obv unzip piddle and off you go. Edited June 19, 2012 by barrelsniffer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havana Posted June 19, 2012 Report Share Posted June 19, 2012 All those interested in this kinda stuff should have a read of Sniper One by Sgt Dan Mills PWRR. Top account of grizzly contact and loads of gun talk for you lot to drool over. I finished it in 3 nights, couldn't put it down. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sniper-One-Blistering-British-Battle/dp/0718149947 That really is a top, top book! I read it years ago and 3 times since I could not recommend it highly enough, its like reading a film if you get my meaning Another great book is Apache by Ed Macy http://www.amazon.co.uk/Apache-Ed-Macy/dp/0007288166/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1340096859&sr=8-5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted June 19, 2012 Report Share Posted June 19, 2012 Also a bit about the Russian section of 2000 women snipers of whom only 500 survived the war Only 100 were actually killed the other 1400 just got lost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leaseone Posted June 19, 2012 Report Share Posted June 19, 2012 I agree with the Capt Cooper comment, I trained with him for 3 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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