Rother

Isn't a sniper cocktail a 7.62mm shot with a 155mm chaser?

Gun Grape

I forget you were at Sill

Great round, for a first gen seeker. IF all the fins deployed, the battery activated, the seeker head tracked, there was no rain, fog, dust, smoke to obscure the laser bounce and the moving target maintained a steady heading with no sudden burst of speed or turns. and stayed inside the firing template. The PDF codes were correct.

BUT on a clear St Barbara's day, with low humidity, no cross winds and 70 deg temps, after the chaplin had blessed the round, the Tech rep had done his voodoo and the projo was handled by gunnery dept instructors everything worked just fine. One shot, One kill

Anon

Yeah, when they worked, they worked really, really well.

GPS arty is just around the corner though.

Anon

"Isn't a sniper cocktail a 7.62mm shot with a 155mm chaser?"

Nah, a Mk84 Chaser.

sniperdude411

Which would be...

Anon

Mk84 2000lb Paveway LGB.

sniperdude411

OH. I see. Very nice combination.

RUSKIE

You know M21sniper, I might be mistaken but that rifle in your signature picture look alot like an SVD, I didnt have time to read this whole thread but I thought Id just point that out... for the main reason your puting it down, and yes I completly agree with _______ I dont remember who posted it but the SVD wasnt even origionally a sniper rifle

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Terran empire

Thats because it is a SDV

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sniperdude411

No... the rifle he's talking about is and SVD. Not SDV.

Terran empire

Splitting hairs?

A little typo Here and there every one does it.
But yah the image in snip's sig is a Russian Want's to be a sniper rifle but is not. SVD probably because the sig maker could not find a better one.

Maxor

Something kinda offtopic here, I personally like the idea of inluding alot more sharpshooters in the typical infantry formation. Not snipers and the specialized survival and stealth training that that entails but specialized training in long range shooting and given an accurized weapon.

Another question is which is more important in a sniper rifle the accuracy of bolt actions or the rate of fire and comparitiely less human movement of semi-auto's (the accuracy is not much of a difference anymore between quality semiauto's and boltactions)

RUSKIE

ok well any back to what i was saying, the SVD shouldnt even be considered a sniper rifle, its just a squad support weapon... you know pic off guys if they sick their head up, cap the machine gunner...

Terran empire

The US Army just Approved the XM110 Semi Automatic sniper system ( SASS) a variation of the MK11 mod 0 or SR25 as a replacement for the M14 being used as a Designated marksman Rifle. I was wondering what you guys thought os it but never got an answer. But i guess ( thick skull that i have ) it also fits in the same category as SVD

sniperdude411

M14 and SP-25 are in the same category of rifles IMO. They're made to pick-off, no snipe.
SR25 isnt a bad rifle, but why do we need to change them?
Oh well. As long as it's just as good or better.
And I agree with putting more sharpshooters in each squad. I want a cool, gard-hitting rifle when I join, not a pea-shooter. I'd rather have a gun that puts an enemy down in one shot and carry 1/4 the ammo, then having a rifle that puts an enemy down in three.