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Offline lazs2

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good sniper vid in Iraq..
« on: November 08, 2005, 09:48:42 PM »
I thought this was a pretty interesting sniper vid

http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2677403?htv=12&htv=12
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« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2005, 10:08:42 PM »
How many freaking adds do you have to bypass to get the film?? I stopped at 3. Too damn many active-x programs running there.
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« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2005, 10:13:12 PM »
wow take a couple shots....have a conversation....compare notes....good stuff.

is that an SPR?

« Last Edit: November 08, 2005, 10:17:33 PM by Gunslinger »
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« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2005, 10:24:03 PM »
That's not sniping, that's plinking....
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« Reply #4 on: November 08, 2005, 10:47:06 PM »
Those are the Blackwater Snipers. You can get the video and bypass the BS ads over at http://www.militaryvideos.net.

http://www.militaryvideos.net/torrents/Najaf_cut.avi.torrent
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« Reply #5 on: November 08, 2005, 11:11:07 PM »
I'm wondering how they would know it was a JDAM.

To the casual observer a JDAM looks pretty much the same as a MK82, MK83, or MK84.

Sure, if the ordnance is sitting on a stand it's easy to see the difference. I'm wondering how they were able to tell while it fell.


Interesting footage. What struck me most about the sniper was his breathing. Very calm, very relaxed.
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« Reply #6 on: November 08, 2005, 11:19:17 PM »
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I'm wondering how they would know it was a JDAM.

To the casual observer a JDAM looks pretty much the same as a MK82, MK83, or MK84.

Sure, if the ordnance is sitting on a stand it's easy to see the difference. I'm wondering how they were able to tell while it fell.


Interesting footage. What struck me most about the sniper was his breathing. Very calm, very relaxed.


I could only guess and say they thought it was by the accuracy of the hit.  That's the only way to tell if you are on the recieving end of one.  Still anyone know what he was shooting?  

I second what wolf said.  Them blackwater guys are tough as nails.
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« Reply #7 on: November 08, 2005, 11:42:45 PM »
Err, who are the blackwater guys?
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« Reply #8 on: November 08, 2005, 11:49:34 PM »
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Err, who are the blackwater guys?


Blackwater security.  By any other name "corporate mercenaries"  They do alot of the contract security for civilian contracters and business interests abroad.  I know a couple of guys that took the entrence test and they said it was the hardest thing they've ever done.  One of these guys tried out for Marine Force recon 3 times before he made it.  3 TIMES and he said their test was tough.
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« Reply #9 on: November 08, 2005, 11:52:59 PM »
its leet, that means not every tom dick and harry can get in if he wants.

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« Reply #10 on: November 09, 2005, 02:02:03 AM »
Black Water is who the DOD contracts to design their PT tests, amongst other things over at FT. Brag and since the post cold war downsizing - they have taken a more active roll where the DOD doesn't have the assets it once did. They are all former SF, many are still military in a reserve capacity. For instance, the CEO's wife is a reserve Navy Commander and the CEO himself was Red Team.

For those who don't know what Red Team is, they are the guys at the NTC (National Training Center) that the tri-services fight, so they simulate enemy combatants.

All said, they are the baddest of the bad - and are the most professional contractors this side of the world. Next in line would be the outfits out of the UK.

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« Reply #11 on: November 09, 2005, 08:04:31 AM »
What's the trick to playing it? .torrent files aren't recognized by realplayer.

Ah, nevermind. I see the link to install the bitorrent player now.
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« Reply #12 on: November 09, 2005, 08:46:59 AM »
All modern military combat teams train based on fire and manuver.. one 'team' sprays with essentially unaimed fire, in mass volume towards the assumed positions of the enemy, while the other advances under the cover of this fire.

A single 2 man sniper team can decimate a platoons advance.

One shot, one kill. Put two or three concealed teams on a line of advance and you can stop the advance of a battalion of infantry... and it will take nothing less than artillery or armor to root 'em out.

Nothing makes the blood run colder than precison fire from a concealed position. Nothing. Snipers are the 'surgical specialists' of the battlefield.
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« Reply #13 on: November 09, 2005, 10:01:13 AM »
They were shooting inside a city and firing at passing civillian vehicles.

How do they separate innocent bystanders from combatants?
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« Reply #14 on: November 09, 2005, 02:33:42 PM »
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They were shooting inside a city and firing at passing civillian vehicles.

How do they separate innocent bystanders from combatants?


Simple! - Check their passport.









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