Re: [DS and SG] Snipers... was other stuff....

Jon spake thusly upon matters weighty: 

> There are some historical accounts of the sniper comabt during the
> Battle of Stalingrad in the book by William Craig, Enemy at the
> Gates.  Given the urban environment and the duration of the conflict
> in Stalingrad, snipers did play a more significant role in the action.
> it was not uncommon that snipers and counter snipers would fight
> each other, typically with a single shot deciding the outcome.
> 
> Jon

Urban fighting is bad for all, and it must be worse for the guy who 
is used to operating hundreds of meters from a target (Urban would 
tend to close ranges). An example of sniper counter-sniper is in 
Saving Private Ryan. It did come down not only to one shot, but to a 
timely shot at that.  

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