And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
A Norwegian Army Telemark Battalion sniper team takes aim at targets across a valley on Sept. 11, 2018 during the International Special Training Centre High-Angle/Urban Course at the Hochfilzen Training Area, Austria. The high-angle portion of the two-week course is designed to teach trained sniper teams the necessary skills operating in mountainous terrain. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Benjamin Haulenbeek)
If they fight like they train, their first shot better count. The second one's going to be interrupted by a 500# bomb, or simple return fire from something like a Dishka. And the dude with the .50 is going to be pointing at aircraft for his follow-up.
If they were true snipers, you wouldn't see them in the first place. Apparently they're a little shaky on the concept of "stalking", rather than just walking, but hey, Norway. Probably lucky to get anyone to join.
That or one of the CheyTech rounds.
ReplyDelete338 lapua
ReplyDeleteI think CW is right based on the length of the magazine. A 338 Lapua is 3-3/4 inches long while the 50BMG is 5-1/2 inches.
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The one in the foreground is a 338.
ReplyDeleteExposed like that, there's an airstrike in their future.
ReplyDeleteElk ain't got no air support. :)
DeleteIf they’re after elk, they’re shitty hunters. 300 yard shots is hardly hunting. Just as sporting as shooting ducks on the water. Not impressed.
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You don't get elk in Europe.
DeleteYou don't get .50BMGs either.
DeleteA Norwegian Army Telemark Battalion sniper team takes aim at targets across a valley on Sept. 11, 2018 during the International Special Training Centre High-Angle/Urban Course at the Hochfilzen Training Area, Austria. The high-angle portion of the two-week course is designed to teach trained sniper teams the necessary skills operating in mountainous terrain. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Benjamin Haulenbeek)
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6429297/NATO-snipers-eight-countries-practise-shooting-Alps.html
If they fight like they train, their first shot better count.
DeleteThe second one's going to be interrupted by a 500# bomb, or simple return fire from something like a Dishka.
And the dude with the .50 is going to be pointing at aircraft for his follow-up.
If they were true snipers, you wouldn't see them in the first place.
Apparently they're a little shaky on the concept of "stalking", rather than just walking, but hey, Norway. Probably lucky to get anyone to join.