From: Adam Flinton 

George Sherwood wrote:
> 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.
>
I'm not talking about your .50 monstrosities but a proper sniping rifle
(e.g. one of the russki long rifle ak derivatives) 

Heck this makes every UK PBI into a sniper...

Adam

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