Essay on British army new sniper rifle ....

[gunner]

The option to have a fast second shot is o.K. and gives you a good feeling about a bit more security. But normaly if you missed your target, the fast second shot is not an good option in that case. It depend on the reason why you missed the target( movement, to high to low...) a fast second can give your hide away in a special case. The normal case to act on a battlefield with all the action will cover your second shot in the noise of the action. But a military sniper dont act only at battlefields. And for the option that you will be attacked by your oponents, i think a good guided rifle fire and the help from your teammate will be a also good solution. And an eventually option for an artillery call in or an air strike as stated in the posts above are good too. But this will be a worst case scenario. You`re right with the rifles, they are good, but i like my bolt action, maybe for the reason that i am a bit nostalgic.

Regards

Gunner

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[Ngib]

You`re right with the rifles, they are good, but i like my bolt action, maybe for the reason that i am a bit nostalgic.

Regards

Gunner

The problem is the whole of the USA -UK -Aussie-Kiwi armies are nostalgic.

Even the Mexicans use a full auto German H&K PSG1A1.

[hockeybuff]

The problem is the whole of the USA -UK -Aussie-Kiwi armies are nostalgic.

Even the Mexicans use a full auto German H&K PSG1A1.

This isn't just being nostalgic. It's picking the best rifle for job that one would expect the operator to need to perform. I would back up what Peter is saying by the snipers are trained to use to their advantage the rifles they have (ie. using a 338/50 cal out to a mile etc) but they are part of a system. And that system has DMR's, mortars, aircraft and a team mate. Keeping that straight avoids the mission creep Peter and others mentioned.

Again the police are entirely different.

As are the Mexicans....... If it is in fact "full auto" then the answer there is self evident........