GRAPHIC COMBAT FOOTAGE U.S. sniper in Afghanistan

oh-behi · Post by **oh-behi** » Fri Oct 08, 2010 2:58 am

I know I will catch hell for this

Can't help myself

ironramrod · Post by **ironramrod** » Fri Oct 08, 2010 5:57 am

That's good shooting.

Looks like rock chucks from what I can tell. What were you shooting, and roughly how far are you shooting?

Regards

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Fri Oct 08, 2010 6:35 am

An old video. Not sure I call that hunting. Just shooting. Not my cuppa tea anyway.

Macon Due · Post by **Macon Due** » Fri Oct 08, 2010 8:43 pm

Damn! those lil sucker blew up! Reminds me of prarie dogs with the .243!
Macon

Lazer · Post by **Lazer** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 10:34 pm

Sage brush and aspen don't equal Afghanistan.

Two bits says it's rockchucks somewhere in the Great Basin.

L

oh-behi · Post by **oh-behi** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 2:28 am

Lazer wrote:Sage brush and aspen don't equal Afghanistan.

Two bits says it's rockchucks somewhere in the Great Basin.

L

Lazer,
I suggest you read this article by Aaron Childers and David Banks: July 2009 issue of Infantry magazine. In the 5th paragraph you will find a reference to aspen trees and fruit orchards in Eastern Afghanistan.

Article: Aaron W. Childers "Smarter patrolling: dismounted movement in Eastern Afghanistan

Colorado doesn't have the corner on Aspens. Save your two bits and buy a combat vet a beer.

Jake

Quigley_Up_Over · Post by **Quigley_Up_Over** » Tue Oct 26, 2010 11:50 am

There is no sniper weapon in existence that has the power to lift a human being (carcass) up off the ground like that...nor could it deliver said energy in such a way that it would lift up off the ground.

...Unless it was say a 25mm HE round from a Bradley for instance...

Just my $.02. Ive never been in combat.

Bamadep · Post by **Bamadep** » Tue Oct 26, 2010 12:39 pm

snoops (or what ever that site is) this. It was running around on the web a couple years ago. I believe you will find it is not a sniper video and it is some sort of ground rodent.

Regards
Gary

oh-behi · Post by **oh-behi** » Tue Oct 26, 2010 5:41 pm

Quigley_Up_Over wrote:There is no sniper weapon in existence that has the power to lift a human being (carcass) up off the ground like that...nor could it deliver said energy in such a way that it would lift up off the ground.

...Unless it was say a 25mm HE round from a Bradley for instance...

Just my $.02. Ive never been in combat.

Quigley,
You got the right argument. It would come out of a barrel like this:

Gary, I did get this 2 yrs ago. And yes it would take a very large Speer TNTHP (which they don't make) or a HE round to put that much energy into a 200 lb target. But it was fun anyway.
Jake

See what I get into when I get bored!

And look something like this.