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The Role and Training of Military Snipers
TLDR Military snipers are highly skilled and play a crucial role in warfare, with responsibilities including reconnaissance, targeting specific enemies, and causing psychological impact. They work in teams, with one person acting as the sniper and the other as the spotter, relying on each other for support and protection.
Timestamped Summary
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Military snipers are highly skilled and play an important role in warfare.
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Military snipers have various roles, including reconnaissance, taking out specific targets, and causing havoc by targeting equipment, and they have a significant psychological impact on the enemy.
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Military snipers work in teams, with one person acting as the sniper and the other as the spotter, and their sniper rifles are considered crew-served weapons because it takes two people to shoot it accurately.
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The spotter's role in military sniping involves lining up their spotter scope with the rifle scope, taking into account factors such as distance, wind speed, temperature, and humidity, in order to accurately guide the sniper's shot from a distance of up to a thousand yards.
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The spotter and sniper have a close relationship and rely on each other for support and protection, as their lives and the success of their mission depend on it.
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Snipers prefer bolt action rifles over automatic or semi-automatic rifles because they have fewer moving parts, and the scopes on sniper rifles usually have about a 10-time magnification power.
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The USMC Scout Sniper School is considered the best sniper school in the US military and the Marines may have been the origin of snipers in the military.
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The USMC Scout Sniper School trains Marines in marksmanship, observation, and stalking, using games like the Kims game to develop their skills.
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Snipers practice stalking by trying to approach two people 1,000 meters away without being seen, and they also play observational games to improve their spotting skills.
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Military snipers are not the same as the DC sniper or Charles Whitman, but both Whitman and Lee Harvey Oswald were Marines and sharpshooters.
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