In my opinion, one of the most difficult job is to scout for the snipers. It takes a good selection from a warrior toplist. According to U.S. Marines, each battalion has a platoon of scout snipers. But quite different in my country which snipers being attached to detachment or any small units . Some people have said that the Geneva Convention stipulates that the snipers are a violation of the rules of war, but my opinion it’s a fair strategy. Nevertheless, no military who do not employ them nowdays. Snipers are very highly trained and can be crucial to the success and failure of a mission.
Snipers not only shoot enemy targets using fire rifle identify some location in the jungle, as we’ve seen in a Hollywood’s movie. The most important skill of sniper is observation, the next most important thing is stealth and marksmanship THEN everyone knows as a sniper has to be a great shot and it should be even better in the other two skills! Me, and some people believe that man behind the gun is number one toplist beside any other things & technology support.
When deployed, snipers work in two teams of men. One is equipped with a sniper rifle and the other is equipped with a support weapon (either a machine gun or an assault rifle with grenade launcher-check the first scene of “Shooter“), a spotted scope and a radio. The sniper also may have another weapon, in addition to his sniper rifle. So that’s why sniper always bring the gunbag along anywhere he go. Perhaps it’s a little hard at it but useful.
The radio (please, don’t underestimate it) is the most important tools they should have. Within a range of the two snipers could devastate an entire division, calling in air support, mortars, artillery and so on. Scout snipers also provide valuable information to the commander through the radio. In airsoft sport, I also recommend you to have this thing. I’ll talk about it later on the next post.
A team of two is the ideal man for the stealth movement, not for combat or direct contact. A squad of ten men would have little problem dealing with two men when they hit them. This is why snipers are so careful about their appearance and use “Ghillie suits” to cover their presence. That is also why the second sniper is more heavily armed than the first. Snipers usually spend much time on their hands and knees in sneaking around.
When it comes to kill the sniper team can do an excellent job. In hiding where they can see the enemy, the sniper team can make a call on the radio and cause all kinds of explosives to rain on the enemy. Doing this means that the enemy has a much harder time detecting because the snipers are not really doing anything. Moreover, one can say what their commander is the enemy what we can to take advantage of the situation.
Snipers is what snipers usually enjoy most and that although it can be very effective. In most cases a sniper, even if it’s a bad shot, can have a profound effect on the morale of a unit. Each man begins to feel that someone out there is taking aim at him and was preparing to pull the trigger at any time. This can be nerve racking to say the least!
When the snipers were not active snipers, which is a very well hidden. They will have to take into account all sorts of different factors, such as hiding his mouth flash, masking the sound and most importantly, reaching a valuable target. The range of the target is crucial, as well as any wind. The heat should be considered, because it can change the apparent location of the target, and so on.
The snipers are both highly skilled shooter, but they work as a team. One is designated spotted, and the other shooter. The spotted using an area that has a much broader field of view that the sniper scope mounted on the rifle. This allows the spotted for more. Also, the coverage is often spotted has built in additional aid, like the range of lines, which can help you determine the range. The spotted locates a target, determines the scope and directs the sniper to zero in on target. When the fire of snipers spotted determines that really affected the sniper and the sniper gives instructions for obtaining the goal if you can not see. Both members are highly trained sniper, you can check each of the calculations of others and ensure that they are the same. If they do are different again.
adapted from William S. Frisbee Jr. written