From: George Sherwood 

On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 11:57:13 +0100, Adam Flinton wrote:

> George Sherwood wrote:
>> Here is a video of one soldier that I am sure is very thankful to have
>> good body armor.  Nice of him to treat the sniper after he was caught too.
>> 
>>
>> http://www.armytimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-976420.php
>>
>> George
> I'd be curious to see if "sniper" meant simply
"rifleman" i.e. someone
> firing aimed single shots or if this armour actually stopped a proper
> sniping slug.
>
> If the latter then that is impressive.
>
> Adam

I would guess "sniper" meaning any one with a rifle trying to
pick off targets that is not part of an outright attack.   I am
pretty sure wouldn't stop some of the stuff we are using as a
"proper" sniper rifle.

George

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