Welsh Guards sniper: 1 shot two kills.

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by bookworm_020

They'll get a pat on the back for reducing the amount of ammunition used! Every round saved helps the budget!

The MoD will issue a note to all infantry expecting them to achieve the same kind of frugal spending of ammunition in order to conserve stocks now, just you see.

I went out and measured off 200 feet (A 3rd of my back yard)
Given your in front or behind that line of travel?
It's a fairly easy shot provided they were traveling in a straight line.
What makes it a GREAT shot?
I would have gone for a body shot to insure the Targets were eliminated.
He got a double head shot!
That makes it outstanding in my book!
My Commanders would probably have chewed my arse out for even attempting the head shot!

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by Oberon

The MoD will issue a note to all infantry expecting them to achieve the same kind of frugal spending of ammunition in order to conserve stocks now, just you see.

I thought the British Army was the army of the Sword and Bayonet anyways.

[Morts]

Originally Posted by privateer

I went out and measured off 200 feet (A 3rd of my back yard)
Given your in front or behind that line of travel?
It's a fairly easy shot provided they were traveling in a straight line.
What makes it a GREAT shot?
I would have gone for a body shot to insure the Targets were eliminated.
He got a double head shot!
That makes it outstanding in my book!
My Commanders would probably have chewed my arse out for even attempting the head shot!

actually, its around 650 feet

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

I thought the British Army was the army of the Sword and Bayonet anyways.

Aye, that we still are judging by the Argylls, and good on them I say, they do not like it up 'em, they do not like it up 'em!

[Krauter]

I thought the longest shot belonged to a Canadian sniper team with the .50 caliber round?

Edit: Quick check, I stand corrected,


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest...d_sniper_kills

[Lord_magerius]

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

I thought the British Army was the army of the Sword and Bayonet anyways.

It's the way forward
You men fix bayonets and I shall follow behind with my swagger stick.

[Hottentot]

Feel free to call me a sissy, but the photo in that article was in fact much better than the article itself. Looking at it made me realize that I couldn't do what these guys do. I could probably, in a very extreme situation, point a gun at the general direction of a vague enemy, aim hastily and pull the trigger, but not this. Looking trough a scope like that, seeing the details of a guy I'm soon going to kill, steadily taking aim, all those things? Yeah, I'd back off. I guess I would be a pretty much useless soldier.

Still, thought provoking and therefore interesting. Thanks for the link .

Oh dear, the nice publicity turns out to be not so nice.
Britain is having the book about the battle groups time in Afghanistan destroyed.
While small sections might make good print for a newspaper article about their great actions other sections make them look like brutal terreorists who seem to just want to murder and maim so its got to be pulped.

So while their sniper scorecard might be just slightly reminiscent of the of the "sniper at work" nuts up in crossmaglen the kneecapping of suspects definately puts them in the same league as that scum.
Oh well, nice story while it lasted.

[ReFaN]

Death has never been so fun, Right?

[Jimbuna]

A little payback for Liam and Theo

[Herr-Berbunch]

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

I thought the British Army was the army of the Sword and Bayonet anyways.

The only thing nowadays to cut things with is paper. Damn it smarts, and the bureaucracy is killing the forces.