Re: Are there any Military Sniper Schools
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: TiroFijo</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MECH1</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I am not going to comment on what unit uses what but I was fairly impressed the the army sniper team finished first with a 10x M3 on a M-24 in a sniper competition recently. A lot of the other competing countries were using FFP and they were engaging targets to 1000 meters and still lost to the team with the 10xM3
I have FFP and SPf scopes and most of the time I leave mine on 10x to engage targets to 800yds with no issue. </div></div>
I watch the sniper compititions on the military channel when they have them on, last year I was watching one and the Army sniper team did very well in that one also.
And this post kind of goes along with my original question, The Army has used the above mentioned rifle scope combo for quite awhile now, and was wondering if they had started training with the FFp,s yet? and if not how long will they hold out? I'm a "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" kind of guy anyway. But if they are not already it is just a matter of time before they start.
I'm not a sniper, I don't pretend to be a sniper, I never was almost a sniper, but I was a 11B in the army for 23 years so I feel like I know a few things about a few things but in my opinion looking back at the traditional role of the army sniper. I see no need for a FFP. Snipers have spotters to range their targets and give all corrections. So I don't get it, but I understand that things change and in 10-15 years from now a FFP will most likely be out dated.
If you have a fixed power scope, it doesn't matter where the reticle is located (FFP o SFP), because the dots/marks always substends the same
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