Re: British sniper breaks Rob Furlong's record
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Later</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Chiller</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Later,
The posted link appears to be recounting a different incedent.
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Chiller--thats why I said people should research ALL the details..Seems all the media is reporting different accounts at different media release dates. It appears to be different incident but yet this incident only appears when speaking and searching for the "other" incident. I posted that link to show the skillset and mindset of the British Troops (Sorry wasn't meant to post saying same incident entirely).
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Chiller</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Later,
I guess I would ask you the question. Do you as a ELR shooter raise your eyebrows at all on 3 first round hits with a .338 LM at that distance?
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Raises eyebrows?? ABSOLUTELY!!! But for people to chime in and automatically say BS could end with them eating crow
But run the numbers on 250gr doing 2970 at 8K ASL and you will see that it is not that "far" beyond transonic yet when people say they shooting 308 at 1500yd nobody really questions even though when comparing the 2 situations the "beyond" transonic distance is comparable. Seems no one has pulled down the environmental data for the region he was in that day to even begin to review that side of it.
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There has been quite a few story's in our Press about success of British snipers and I think there are a few reasons for this.
1) Our snipers are good. Actually, they are excellent. In fact, generally across the board, the standard of British soldiers at the moment is at an all time high. Regiments like The Rifles or my former unit, The Royal Welch, are going over to Afghanistan and are just excelling.
2) Large sections of the British Press love to be super patriotic when it comes to the troops even if they are often critical of the politics of the war. Tabliods like the Sun really do go overboard supporting our troops and I know its great appreciated. Sometimes this "enthusiasm" leads to accounts being "talked up"
3) We've taken a fair number of casualties over the last few months from Taliban "sharpshooters". Whether its one guy or more is not being publically acknowledged, but "somebody" is capable of putting down effective fire out to 400, 500 and 600m, way beyond what the average Taliban is capable of.
As this is being reported in the Press, I suspect the MOD is releasing a flurry of British sniper stories as part of the counter "propaganda war"....I see nothing wrong with that, as long as we recognise it for what it is..
