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Title: U.S. Special Forces Snipers (Heavy images) Post by: Silenced on July 05, 2003, 01:52:39 am I just spotted these high-resolution pictures on the internet concerning U.S. Special Forces snipers testing sound suppressors for their vast arsenal of long-range rifle. Moreover, these pictures are from the 2002 International Sniper Competition. I thought that it might interest someone on this forum.
(http://www.armysniperassociation.com/30a.jpg) (http://www.armysniperassociation.com/33.jpg) (http://www.armysniperassociation.com/34.jpg) (http://www.armysniperassociation.com/19.jpg) (http://www.armysniperassociation.com/18.jpg) (http://www.armysniperassociation.com/67.jpg) (http://www.armysniperassociation.com/20.jpg) (http://www.armysniperassociation.com/35.jpg) Title: Re:U.S. Special Forces Snipers (Heavy images) Post by: Suicide_Commando on July 05, 2003, 04:12:07 am The Outdoor Life Network actually had a one hour show on featuring that very competition the other night. It was quite informative. IIRC the winners were from an infantry division based in Alaska, in last was a British team who was forced to use an unfamiliar ammo due to customs restrictions. The two Brits had 30 years in between them and are instructors at the Royal Marine sniper school in the U.K.
Hopefully it'll be on again soon. I wanna tape it. Great pics though too. Title: Re:U.S. Special Forces Snipers (Heavy images) Post by: WardenMac on July 05, 2003, 08:26:38 am SC I wathced that too, was on a few days ago on the outdoor channel
Title: Re:U.S. Special Forces Snipers (Heavy images) Post by: Suicide_Commando on July 05, 2003, 05:16:34 pm Yup, was really cool. Like I said I felt bad for the Brits, they just couldn't catch a break. ;D They didn't show a lot of the weapons in those pics either. :(
Title: Re:U.S. Special Forces Snipers (Heavy images) Post by: WardenMac on July 05, 2003, 07:07:55 pm Yeah I know, I didnt watch the entire thing, from the two teams I saw, they were using the stoner sr25 I believe. Not for sure.
Title: Re:U.S. Special Forces Snipers (Heavy images) Post by: Suicide_Commando on July 05, 2003, 07:31:59 pm AR10 (T) from the looks of em.
Title: Re:U.S. Special Forces Snipers (Heavy images) Post by: WardenMac on July 05, 2003, 10:14:33 pm Ok, looked like a sr25, I didnt pay that much attention though. I liked the night shoot the best. I dont think I would want to go up against any of them, hehe.
Title: Re:U.S. Special Forces Snipers (Heavy images) Post by: Raven2367 on July 05, 2003, 11:51:15 pm why have they got ear protection thingys in their ears if their shootin with sd weapons?
Title: Re:U.S. Special Forces Snipers (Heavy images) Post by: WardenMac on July 06, 2003, 12:43:08 am Lmao, I dont know, I didnt notice that. Did they?
Title: Re:U.S. Special Forces Snipers (Heavy images) Post by: Silenced on July 06, 2003, 02:05:50 am Actually, a suppressed .223 round is still loud : After a prolonged exposition, the tympans could get damaged. Moreover, a suppressed .50 equals the sound of a .308 round, which is pretty loud.
Title: Re:U.S. Special Forces Snipers (Heavy images) Post by: WardenMac on July 06, 2003, 02:32:14 am Yeah, what he said ;D
Title: Re:U.S. Special Forces Snipers (Heavy images) Post by: bronto on July 06, 2003, 08:58:56 am a British team who was forced to use an unfamiliar ammo due to customs restrictions. does the ammo make that much of a difference to put a team in last? and why wasnt their ammo allowed to be used; just because its foreign or because it's too strong or something? Title: Re:U.S. Special Forces Snipers (Heavy images) Post by: Suicide_Commando on July 07, 2003, 12:01:00 am Ammo makes all the difference. And if you train on one specific load, ie x amount of grains of powder, bullet weight, etc and are forced to use a different one then you're basically screwed. And the guys they were competing against had no such problems in that area so it's easy to understand their poor performance.
And the reason they couldn't use it, from what I understood from the show, was that it couldn't be brought into the country. I'm at a loss as to why though. |