Sniper

Sniper

A sniper is a highly trained marksman who operates alone, in a pair, or with a sniper team to maintain close visual contact with the enemy and engage targets from concealed positions or distances exceeding the detection capabilities of enemy personnel. These sniper teams operate independently, with little combat asset support from their parent units. Snipers typically have highly selective and specialized training and use high-precision/special application rifles and optics, and often have sophisticated communication assets to feed valuable combat information back to their units.

In addition to marksmanship, military snipers are trained in camouflage, field craft, infiltration, special reconnaissance and observation, surveillance and target acquisition.Snipers are especially effective when deployed within the terrain of urban warfare, or jungle warfare.

Accuracy For Sniper:-

A sniper, using a MK.14 EBR uses two stakes as shooting sticks to help steady his aim while providing overwatch in Iraq.

File:US Navy 100729-N-4301H-602 A U.S. Navy SEAL sniper assigned to SEAL Team 1 shows Naval special warfare ombudsmen and family support advocates the weapons SEALs use while deployed during the fifth annual Ombudsman Conference in.jpg

US Navy SEALs rifles, from the foreground:

- Mk 15 (.50 BMG),

- Mk 13 (.300 Win Mag) and

- FN SCAR-H (7.62x51mm NATO)

The key to sniping is accuracy, which applies to both the weapon and the shooter. The weapon should be able to consistently place shots within tight tolerances.The sniper in turn must utilize the weapon to accurately place shots under varying conditions.

A sniper must have the ability to accurately estimate the various factors that influence a bullet's trajectory and point of impact such as: range to the target, wind direction, wind velocity, altitude and elevation of the sniper and the target and ambient temperature. Mistakes in estimation compound over distance and can decrease lethality or cause a shot to miss completely.

Snipers zero their weapons at a target range or in the field. This is the process of adjusting the scope so that the bullet's points-of-impact is at the point-of-aim (centre of scope or scope's cross-hairs) for a specific distance.A rifle and scope should retain its zero as long as possible under all conditions to reduce the need to re-zero during missions.

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A sandbag can serve as a useful platform for shooting a sniper rifle, although any soft surface such as a rucksack will steady a rifle and contribute to consistency.In particular, bipods help when firing from a prone position, and enable the firing position to be sustained for an extended period of time. Many police and military sniper rifles come equipped with an adjustable bipod. Makeshift bipods known as shooting sticks can be constructed from items such as tree branches or ski poles.

Range and accuracy vary depending on the cartridge and specific ammunition types that are used.