British Sniper pictures

[Peter Laidler]

Photo 6........ with the hand grenade hanging by the striker lever from his belt. All that's between him and valhalla is the strength of the split pin. It must be one of those warry 'look mum, here's a picture of me in the front line with my pals sniper rifle' on account of that not many snipers would go out with a toggle rope and wearing a leather jerkin. Just thinking offhand, one toggle rope is about as much use as a chocolate tea pot! Mind you, we've all done it - but not with grenades hanging from belts we haven't!

But in respect to the rifles used, the basic mechanics or principles of sniping remain the same regardless of the rifles. For several years during changeover periods, the No4T and L42 were used, same as L42/L96 and recently (although only for 3 months as I recall....) the L96 and L115. The BIG fly in the ointment was in the immediate post war years when Dutch and Belgian snipers equipped by the Canadians under post war re-armament plans came to England for sniper training armed with the Lyman scoped No4T's. Those telescopes didn't equate to...., well, anything

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[Cold_Zero]

Been poking around in the Library and Archives of Canada again and found this interesting photo:

Online MIKAN no. 4295693
Sniper and observer of the Lovat Scouts, a Scottish regiment that played a prominent part in the invasion of Europe in WW II and who learned their mountain tactics and skiing from Canadian instructors high in the Rockies, Jasper[,Alberta,Canada].