Thread: See if you can find the camouflaged German sniper pointing a gun directly at you

Originally Posted by Railey

Can we get an honourable mention for Chris Kyle?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Kyle

Yes, of course. But there are many stories from that conflict that will never be told. And, of course, he wasn't using a standard issue SMLE 303 rifle, but he deserves respect, all the same. It's a bastard of a job, but some one has to do it.

"As a sniper, Kyle was often asked about his weapons. While in training, he used four different rifles in order to know which weapon was the most useful in the given situation. In the field, he used the following:[8]

a semi-automatic 7.62 NATO Mk 11 sniper rifle (patrol)
a 5.56 NATO Mk 12 Designated Marksman Rifle modified with the lower receiver off a M-4 to get a collapsible stock and allow full auto (for urban patrol)
a .300 Winchester Magnum M24 sniper rifle with MacMillan stocks and customized barrels, later replaced with a .300 Winchester Magnum Accuracy International. These two rifles were the ones he mostly used while in overwatch."

There is a human side to the story.

Craig Harrison: World-record-holding British sniper haunted by visions of men he killed - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

You'd find them if you were good at countering. Use FLIR or other such thermal imaging to locate, of course only if equipped and expecting it.

Carlos Hathcock, another legend.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Hathcock

I shot 600 yards at our range at the weekend I hit the X ring 8 times which is around 7cm across and the 6 ring twice which is around 14cm. In sniper terms you are dead every shot. Some of the snipers in the pics are 50 yards away, a real sniper would have pulled the trigger long long before you got close enough to see him. I have shot 60 with 8 at 1,000 yards in the past again you would be dead every shot and that is just with a .308 not with a 50 cal sniper rifle..
Chris