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It's something the Air Force put together, considering the casualties the Vietcong would inflict upon Air Force....jets. Yes, jets. They stopped shooting the mechanics, which is just one person, and started shooting the jets while they laid on the flightline.
A countersniper is actually a two-man team that patrols an airbase, finding likely spots for a sniper to set up.
An Air Force MP would have a lot better info than me.
A countersniper is actually a two-man team that patrols an airbase, finding likely spots for a sniper to set up.
An Air Force MP would have a lot better info than me.
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Screamin'Eagle
Fighting communism...one mermaid at a time.
you know those secret service agents on top of the white house? those are counter-snipers
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daidhaid
walkin' slack
check out the movie Enemy at the Gates for ww2 anti sniper snipers.
however
The way I saw it done was to set up several observers then others try to draw fire while the observers try to get a fix..
By sound and sometimes movement and what he shoots at you can get an idea where he might be at.
Then you call for fire and waste the likely areas
often that is all that we did was fire up all likely sniper positions and move on.
sometimes lay in a few smokes then try to move in on the sly while he is still taking cover from the HE.
You probably don't want to do this against a good sniper.
Usually what we call an enemy sniper was just a guy with a rifle and big balls.
however
The way I saw it done was to set up several observers then others try to draw fire while the observers try to get a fix..
By sound and sometimes movement and what he shoots at you can get an idea where he might be at.
Then you call for fire and waste the likely areas
often that is all that we did was fire up all likely sniper positions and move on.
sometimes lay in a few smokes then try to move in on the sly while he is still taking cover from the HE.
You probably don't want to do this against a good sniper.
Usually what we call an enemy sniper was just a guy with a rifle and big balls.
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theflounder
Beantown's wicked awesome
If you want information on snipers in general, Private Message me and I will give you some resources to check out. United States Marine Corps Scout/Snipers are the best. Of course, I'm biased. 
Blessings,
Josh
Blessings,
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If they were, they really couldn't tell you anyways. Snipers use a thing called OpSEC (Operation Security) for a reason. Unless you are talking about paint ball or something. Other then that leave the Military talk to the guys have BTDT(been there done that like myself and looks like Warsong), and go talk about PaintBall else where or those who actually have a real question about real things that go on in the military.Nightstrike said:
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daidhaid
walkin' slack
Nightstrike said:
there is a world of info on the net about sniping.
As to the OPSEC concerns that's pretty silly unless you want to review their score cards and see who did what when.
You can see all sorts of documentarys that will spell out in detail what sniping is all about. It's gruesome nasty work by the way.
The military has cooperated in producing many such productions.
Former snipers have written memoirs, it's all out there.
A while back the Russians were selling the training as a vacation package and there are advanced marksmanship clubs stateside that will hone skills and technique.
It is a tough school to complete in the US military, but they will let you shoot real people.
My platoon had a sniper who just wanted out of it, so they sent him to us as a grunt. One can only imagine what made a guy that tough feel so bad.
He seldom spoke he just counted the days
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Before I went to Nam I worked in a septic surgery ward, that's basicaly l infected necrotic wounds.
One patient was a guy shot by a sniper.
The sniper seriously wounded him and then killed everyone who tried to aid him.
He tried to keep from screaming but the sniper would shoot him again.
When he screamed his buddies would try again. They were all pinned down in some rice paddys. And then the mortars and rpg's came in on them.
Our air and arty pounded the likely areas to supress the enemy, and a medivac started in.
The sniper layed low, waiting, and they took the medivac killing the pilot on approach. No survivors.
By now the casualty had been blown out of the paddy and was fully exposed on the dike, unable to move.
He tried to be silent and play dead but he was shot again repeatedly.
He didn't remember being evacuated he did remember seeing his comrades get hit.
He was one of the most wounded guys on the ward. One of the most despondent men I have ever seen he blamed himself for all the deaths.
A suicide watch was maintained on him, and you never want to see a man so physically and emotionaly shattered.
Did I mention the long period in the polluted rice paddy left his wounds unable to fully heal.
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I know I wouldnt wanna be a sniper for it.
I don't want to be in the military.
I never want to have to kill a person.
I know a guy who was in the military, and thats all i should say, but hes told me horror stories.
I find it incredibally offensive how "somedudewhoyoumightlike" said what you said.
I'm not aloud to ask if anyone on this specific forum is a sniper?
the only pro i see in being a sniper is that your not exposed in teh heat of battle(i think,thats why i want tto learn about it)
I don't want to imagine what putting a bullet through somebodies skull would be like.
Like I said, i'm just askin if anyone here is/was one and i want to learn about them, is there a problem with that?
I don't want to be in the military.
I never want to have to kill a person.
I know a guy who was in the military, and thats all i should say, but hes told me horror stories.
I find it incredibally offensive how "somedudewhoyoumightlike" said what you said.
I'm not aloud to ask if anyone on this specific forum is a sniper?
the only pro i see in being a sniper is that your not exposed in teh heat of battle(i think,thats why i want tto learn about it)
I don't want to imagine what putting a bullet through somebodies skull would be like.
Like I said, i'm just askin if anyone here is/was one and i want to learn about them, is there a problem with that?
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Screamin'Eagle
Fighting communism...one mermaid at a time.
yeah, snipers have to sit in one place for sometimes days at a time with bugs crawling over them and they cant move much to get them off, among many other difficult things, if you could do that more power to you, im not sure if i could
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daidhaid
walkin' slack
Nightstrike said:
It is not a problem not at all. In fact the more you know about it the less likely you are to want to do it.
About the heat of battle comment, I wouldn't want to count on it.
Sniping has to be one of the more hazardous jobs out there.
Troops won't think twice about dumping artillery and air on an enemy snipers general location.
A captured sniper will probably never see a POW camp either.
If it wasn't so dangerous to the sniper it would be even more evil.
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I guess I was wrong about that, But the main reason I wouldn't wanna be a sniper is the face that in a scope, time after time again, you witness killing people, over and over.
Granted many many regular infantry do that, which is why I don't wanna be a soldier at all accually. I'm just very interested in the military, thats all.
PS, why wouldn't a captured sniper see a POW camp?
If they are captured, how can they do any more damage? or is it more of a hate thing?
Granted many many regular infantry do that, which is why I don't wanna be a soldier at all accually. I'm just very interested in the military, thats all.
PS, why wouldn't a captured sniper see a POW camp?
If they are captured, how can they do any more damage? or is it more of a hate thing?
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daidhaid
walkin' slack
Nightstrike said:
If a sniper had been effective before being captured, grunts would probably not bother with taking him prisoner.
There is something about being under sniper fire that would tend to make any soldier want payback.
Added to that, since snipers are basicaly bushwacking and often seek to wound they would be hated more than a more conventional soldier.
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