i understand that a sniper is best use as a recon...but there
were instance in history that a sniper could stalled a company (ok
maybe a battalion were too much)
During the assault on Kwajalein atoll in Jan-Feb 1944 by the 7th
Infantry Division, enemy snipers proved to be extremely deadly. On
the last day of the 5 day battle for the atoll, Company F, 32nd
Infantry Regiment, found themselves pinned down by sniper fire. The
men could not tell where it was coming from. The bullets paralyzed
the men. Then they tried to dig deeper into the sand or cover
themselves with palm fronds in an attempt to hide. For an hour the
company "clung to the earth" just 150 yards short of the end of the
atoll. One by one, ten soldiers were hit by the sniper fire and
each time the medics risked their lives crawling forward to the
wounded and dragging them back. The "will to go forward" had
vanished. Only the arrival of tank support as a shield from the
sniper fire energized the men of Company F to get up and move out
towards their objective. They raked the ground in front of them
with constant BAR fire, flushed out the sniper, knocked out enemy
bunkers and cleared out the last enemy opposition on the atoll.
During the battles in the Ia Drang Valley in November 1965, the
1st Bn of the 7th Cavalry was attacked in force by North Vietnamese
regulars. Despite the arrival of elements of the 2nd Bn 5th
Cavalry, the 1st Bn was forced to fall back to its LZ and establish
a defensive perimeter. An element of the 2nd Bn had been on the LZ
all day, so the unit leaders did not make a thorough search of the
area. However, a sniper had infiltrated onto the LZ and with one
shot at close range severely wounded the A Co. Cmdr. Even after the
enemy sniper had fired, he remained undiscovered. The damage to the
morale of the unit was severe. They no longer felt secure even
within their own defensive perimeter. One sniper firing one round
instilled a sense of fear and insecurity into elements of two
battalions.
On 12 June 1982, 3d Battalion, the Parachute Regiment, British
Army, attacked Mt. Longdon, Falklands. Difficult terrain coupled
with a well entrenched enemy made movement slow and dangerous. The
snipers of the Argentine 7th Infantry Regiment kept the British
busy with accurate fire during the day and (with the aid of U.S.
made night vision devices) at night. At one point during the
attack, an entire British company was held up for hours by a single
Argentine sniper. "Men found themselves being hit more than once by
the same sniper, a terrifying tribute to the accuracy of the
Argentinean's fire."
regarding the rocket...i didnt say that ...Gary did
