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Totally agree with this, if fact Snipers were often used as recce troops and in many cases this was at least as important a role.pbfoot,
Being the best is not about how many kills you've achieved as that depends entirely on opportunity and situation.
I don't know when Germany first set up their Sniper schools but I do know that the British set their first one up at Bisley in mid 1940, with two more in Wales and Scotland. They were trained by experienced hunters and the course was three weeks long.Germany was pretty much the only country in after WW1 to establish sniper schools, developing most of the techniques used today. The Allies failed to do this.
Again totally agree with this.However the best snipers are have always usually been hunters, as they're experienced in stalking getting close to their prey, an essential quality needed by the sniper. This is one of the reasons Francis did so well, besides his targets being sitting ducks.
If you want a good sniper, get the hunters, that's what Britain, Finland, Germany, America Russia did.
One aside. The two man sniper team consisted of a shooter and a spotter. I know that British spoters had a 20x mag telescope to assist with identifying targets at long range, but have never seen anything that showed other countries using telescopes. Does anyone have any information on this aspect?
The s.S. projectile was designed and produced to be the most accurate rifle projectile at long ranges, and was the std. ammunition type before the introduction of the S.m.E round which emphazised armour penetration power
Does anybody know about the guy in vietnam that used a 308 win?
Charles,
Thanks for the picture but I'm not sure that's from WW2 though.
Yeah the 3.5x scope is correct.