Originally posted by decepticon25:
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seen 2 much movies liao. a true sniper would get hurt unless the
enemy had artillery fixed on his position who in the right mind
wants to kill himself unless you are Vietcong or some loony Nazi,
forward . b]
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The best weapon against a sniper, is of course, another
sniper.
Unless you wish to use aircraft, and carpet bomb the area.
A tactical nuclear weapon would do the trick too.
I refer you to the Battle of Stalingrad.
If you have watched Enemy At The Gates, you will have seen the
sniper vs sniper story.
To cut the story short, the Germans were aware of Vasili Zaitsev
through Soviet propaganda. In a bid to eliminate this morale
problem, they sent the CI of the Zossen Sniper school, Major
Konings to hunt him.
The Major did kill a number of snipers which Vasili had trained,
and thus a battle began. To cut the story even shorter, the Major
got shot in the head. Bang.
Who in the right mind wants to kill himself?
That is a easy question. If you know the enemy is someone fanatical
who shows no mercy to captured soldiers, what more a sniper. If you
fall into their hands, you will suffer a fate worse than
death.
The German Scharfschutzen Badge, coming in 3 grades:
1st: 20 kills
2nd:40
3rd:60
came into service in late 1944. Few were awarded. Even fewer were
carried into combat, for to be captured with such a badge was to
tell the enemy you had killed so-and-so a number. And it would
invite certain and fatal retribution.
