tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post8997325607218147661..comments2024-01-29T01:32:16.780-07:00Comments on 704 Houser Street: A Good Day at WorkUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-13371623577671655892015-08-17T13:40:50.510-06:002015-08-17T13:40:50.510-06:00True. I think that there has been a lot of mystif...True. I think that there has been a lot of mystification about the 1,000 yard shot. It seems like no sniper story is complete without someone making one. Most shots fired in anger take place inside of 400 yards.Res Ipsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16433725505878267643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-42710643011781999932015-08-17T11:56:02.954-06:002015-08-17T11:56:02.954-06:00It is probable that the story as given to the repo...It is probable that the story as given to the reporter had a few details fudged so that they were not revealing methods or intelligence sources. This was a release for PR so details may have been embellished for that purpose. It may not have been the reporter doing all the embellishment. Look at all the smart bombs dropped in the first gulf war. We later found out they missed more than they hit.Giraffehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05556306156373942923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-7468488580812174902015-08-11T11:55:57.293-06:002015-08-11T11:55:57.293-06:00The idea of a lone military sniper is more mytholo...The idea of a lone military sniper is more mythology than fact. At least today anyway. Military snipers generally function in a team of a shooter and a spotter. In the field the teams are often deployed so they can work in conjunction with each other to maximize control over the battlefield or to support troops in their missions.<br /><br />BUT.....The SAS is an elite commando unit, they use unconventional tactics.....<br /><br />This is true and the mission of the team, its goals and methods of operation aren't in question. Neither are the skills of the SAS. They are very good at what they do.<br /><br />I'm questioning the reporter's version of events. I checked some of his other work. He isn't out with the troops. This guy writes from the comfort of his flat in England. He wasn't there. Someone told him a story about something that happened and he embellished a story to make it sound good.<br /><br />A 50 cal BMG round in a good rifle is capable of engaging targets over a wide possibility of ranges even beyond 2,000 yards. A good shooter, and I'm going with the assumption that everyone in the SAS are good shooters, is going to shoot sub moa. The skill set is there.<br /><br />Had I been there and wrote the story:<br />1. Sniper team Alpha was positioned in an overlook 873 yards form the ISIS execution site.<br />2. Sniper team Beta was our support on the left flak.<br />3. Our goal was the elimination of the ISIS cell operating in the village.<br />4. We had one 6 man squad we were supporting.<br />5. Intel suggested that a beheading was to occur at noon.<br />6. Our objective was to use this opportunity to eliminate the ISIS cell.<br />7. Sniper teams were positioned before dawn.<br />8. At 07:00 hours a large crowd exited the village and assembled at the execution site.<br />9. ISIS operators were intermixed with the civilians.<br />10. An opportunity presented its self to eliminate 3 ISIS personal involved in the execution.<br />11. After action intel confirmed the motivation for the execution was the prisoners were members of a different Muslim faction than ISIS. <br />12. Due to the random nature of the execution the ground team was unable to route out more ISIS personal.<br />13. Several ISIS operators left the village after the intervention at the execution.Res Ipsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16433725505878267643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-22062990619545200772015-08-11T08:34:35.607-06:002015-08-11T08:34:35.607-06:00Very good story indeed. I would suspect that what...Very good story indeed. I would suspect that what might have motivated the SAS in the first place was that one of the victims was a kid.<br />He might have been heartsick over other stories of beheadings of kids in the media and maybe decided that on that day, it just wasn't going to happen. Since this outcome was outstanding, I tend to not care too much for how it all went down, just that it did, and the SAS and the father and son were all in one piece, ready to live and fight another day.<br /><br />I also have to wonder if the ISIS killers were so deep into their bloodlust that they just could not comprehend of somebody moving in at the last minute and saving the day. That kind of jolt to their reality could have bought the SAS guy/guys some precious time. Snipers don't need much.<br /><br />Bear in mind, I am not a shooter like you are, so that is why I don't care initially about the serious details. But I can always count on you to figure them out.Susannoreply@blogger.com