Re: sniper weapons for SGII

You wrote: 

 There were some very sick jokes that this >weapon was against the 
Geneva Convention agreement, so as such, could only >be used against 
enemy equipment... such as SAM systems, IFV's, Comms  >equipment, 
helmets, belt-buckles... etc.

Welcome to the Military Urban Legend!  It is not against the Geneva 
Conventions to shoot people with .50cals, 20mm, or 120mm rounds for 
that matter.  I don't care who told you, or where they heard it.  My 
source _IS_ the Geneva Conventions, which are available in the full 
text version, all four of them plus both protocols additional (which 
the US doesn't acknowledge), on the International Committee of the Red 
Cross home page.  If this were a newsgroup, I'd proceed to post the 
entirely of them (I've done it before), but I doubt either my e-mail 
software or the list server would appreciate it.

John M. Atkinson