Author Topic: Holy ****! (Read 1762 times)

Saurdaukar · « **Reply #45 on:** July 17, 2005, 07:37:32 PM »

If that was, in fact, a 7.62 x 54 Im damn impressed.

Hawklore · « **Reply #46 on:** July 17, 2005, 08:05:05 PM »

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Originally posted by Saurdaukar
If that was, in fact, a 7.62 x 54 Im damn impressed.

Me 2

SMIDSY · « **Reply #47 on:** July 17, 2005, 09:37:02 PM »

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Originally posted by VOR
How do you say WTF in Arabic?

shau malek

Yeager · « **Reply #48 on:** July 18, 2005, 01:36:55 PM »

the 7.62 is .30 cal but whats the x54? is that equivalent to the 308 round?

g00b · « **Reply #49 on:** July 18, 2005, 01:40:32 PM »

The Army Times write up http://www.armytimes.com/content/editorial/pdf/at_sniper071505.pdf identifies the weapon as a Dragonoff. Which I presumed to be a misspelled Dragunov. I believe most were 7.68x54. There were a few other calibers produced, but not very big numbers.

It's 7.62 caliber round and a 54mm long cartridge.

That's a big freaking round!

g00b

mauser · « **Reply #50 on:** July 18, 2005, 04:27:19 PM »

A bit more in detail about what happened afterwards, from someone who was there:

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Gentlemen,

I was THERE when Tshederier got hit. We got both snipers and the van. Brought out the dogt team (Civilian guys, Dog name Rex. Coolest mutt I have seen here.) They left a civilian in the streets with his brains all over it.

The shooters were crying like little ******* before we even got em back to Liberty. Could NOT understand why anyone they shot was still alive, ESPECIALLY when they saw him hit the ground. I lost all sympathy for these **'ers that day. The "sniper" hit one of my guys a week earlier and it was all we could do to make sure both of them made into the FOB in one piece. Still, *******.......

Edited the quote a bit for some profanity. I saw a pic of the guy's bruise - it's almost fist sized. And right above the heart too - he is very fortunate the plate was there and did it's job. The restraint shown by our guys here despite the fact that these aren't uniformed soldiers of another standing army is incredible. Our professional soldiers at work.

mauser

Saurdaukar · « **Reply #51 on:** July 18, 2005, 04:53:42 PM »

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Originally posted by Yeager
the 7.62 is .30 cal but whats the x54? is that equivalent to the 308 round?

Yes, its close to the .308 in performance.

VOR · « **Reply #52 on:** July 18, 2005, 05:22:30 PM »

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Originally posted by Yeager
the 7.62 is .30 cal but whats the x54? is that equivalent to the 308 round?

More or less. The "x54" refers to the case length in millimeters. Yes, it's more or less equivalent to a 308 but closer to a 30'06. For comparison:

7.62 Nato (308 Win) = 7.62x51

Most combloc full-powered rifles (snipers) and general purpuse machine guns = 7.62x54

SKS and AK-47 series = 7.62x39

Pooh21 · « **Reply #53 on:** July 19, 2005, 06:06:18 AM »

Al jazeera needs to hire better cameramen.