Talk about Fire and move position!! (1 Viewer)

Interesting thread to say the least. I think in the long run they "Got" the sniper ^&cool
 
Whilst giving a helping hand to some British Soldiers with some radio support, during an early excursion in my Army career during the sixties - let's just say in a warm climate - I came across a group of chaps who had an anti-sniping role. They were quite keen on using a Carl Gustaf recoiless rifle ( we called them Charlie G's) as an antidote to local snipers.

Where the location of a sniper could be roughly ascertained (in more open situations) - they would firstly identify his position, by drawing fire with a feint attack - and meanwhile, the two-man Charlie G team would fire a round at the spot from a nearby open position (within 500 metres was favoured). Enclosed positions were not favoured for firing Charlie, or so they told me - as the backblast in enclosed places could set the firers clothes/hair etc on fire!!!!{eek3}

These guys apparently found the technique to be quite effective - and the number of sniping incidents reduced dramatically after they began using the method. As in the American incident described however, sniper bodies were rarely found - as not much would be left after a round had hit the designated target. It had to be a lot cheaper too - which would have impressed the MoD Bean Counters!!:D jb
 
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