Ultimate Sniper by Major John Plaster

Author:Major John Plaster
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: HISTORY / Military / Weapons
ISBN: 9781610047425
Publisher: Casemate
Published: 2006-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

impossible to find him, but your previous surveillance and range card data will enable you to engage his concealed positions for some time.

Due to their weight and bulk, .50-caliber rifles are not suited for direct assaults or classic sniper stalking. Indeed, U.S. Marine Corps and Army sniper teams outfitted with these heavy rifles typically have at least three men, and they’re used almost exclusively in a support role for other maneuver forces. Although .50s arewelcome support weapons for almost any kindof operation, they’re especially useful for neutralizing enemy positions and crew-served weapons. It’s their tremendous ability to penetrate bunkers and buildings that makes them so deadly, as reflected in the penetration data we’ve listed.

But also beware. The same efficient muzzle brake that makes recoil tolerable also produces a visible blast that begs for enemy counterfire and pulses a blast that can deafen you. A .50-caliber sniper needs to wear double hearing protection—ear plugs beneath earmuffs—which is absolutely critical when firing from inside a building or amid trees or rocks.

AWC System Technologies manufactures a special .50-caliber suppressor that addresses both these issues. Threaded to replace the muzzle brake, the AWC Turbodyne suppressor is 2 inches wide and a foot long, and it dramatically reduces the blast signature while also reducing sound so well that ear protection is not needed. Gemtech, too, manufactures a .50-caliber suppressor, the Stormfront, designed specifically for the Barrett M107 rifle.

Lacking such technological solutions, you’ll have to resort to the tried and true—wear double hearing protection and, to avoid counterfire, displace after each shot.

Police Employment of Heavy Rifles

When I suggest to police audiences that their departments need at least one on-call .50, eyes roll toward the ceiling and a few muffled laughs are heard. But then I cite the modern urban environment, with skyscraper rooftops a half-mile apart and recall Austin killer Charles Whitman’s ghastly record. If not a .50, what can reach such a gunman? Or how about the New Orleans sniper who barricaded himself for hours in a reinforced concrete shaft that proved impervious to hundreds of bullets fired over eight hours? The .50 caliber is well-suited to antihijacking and antismuggling roles, too, in which the law officer must disable aircraft, boats, or vehicles at moderate to great distances.

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