Re: sniper weapons for SGII

Covering heavy sniper rifles.....

The US currently lists the Barret .50-cal as a special issue rifle being
fielded for review and seeing use as an "anti-mine" rifle.  ::chuckle::
Guess
that's to keep certain types from crying out in horror at the idea of a
12.7mm
ball or APDS round being used on people. Though given that .50 cal
sniper
rifles are entering as standard to Ranger battalion sniper sections you
can be
sure the actual users have no illusions on their employment.  As for the
Steyr
AMR (also seen it listed as IW2000), it fires a 15mm APDS tungsten
flechette.
It's stated mission is to take out large or hardened targets such as
parked
aircraft, communcations gear at CP's, command tracks, damage/destroy
exposed
systems on AFV's (ie., optics, designators, missile racks, etc) and even
in
some cases get at crew in AFV's through their closed hatches.  I have
the
penetration figures in an issue of "Raids" magazine somewhere.

SGT Chris Ruhl
Team Chief, Tactical PSYOP Team 931
A Company, 9th PSYOP Battalion (Airborne)