BigOl64 wrote on May 23
rd, 2017 at 5:18am:
Brian Ross wrote on May 23
rd, 2017 at 1:11am:
The source is suspect. The Sun is not known for accuracy. The SAS is also known to overhype what it's troopers can or cannot do. I reserve judgement - the physics of the shot are difficult to judge but I suspect it's been exaggerated by the media. If the target was "fleeing a burning building" he would not be standing still for the round to travel that distance.
Yeah that is a big call to state the the SAS is lying, especially about one of their snipers.
Where have I claimed that the SASR lied, BigOl64? I used the word "exaggeration". I don't doubt there is a kernal of truth behind the story but I suspect it has been over-inflated to satisfy the audience. I have known several members of the SASR. One is still a good friend. He knows who lies and who doesn't and so it must be said, some in the SASR do lie. I know of one very popular, well regarded book, written by a serious historian which is based purely on one side of an event in Vietnam. The SASR in Australia is deeply divided about that event. The author took one side of the argument and from that flowed a great deal.
Quote:Those types of shots have been done before over this distance, and the fleeing man only has to pause for a few seconds to pull the trigger.
There have been claims that these sorts of shots have occurred of these sorts of distance, BigOl64. You have not undergone Army training. I have. Most soldiers are bloody terrible at judging distances. I know I am. Who is to say this trooper was any better? I don't.
Quote:If some baggy arse soldier made that claim, Id call bullsh1t before he finished his 'warrie', but snipers tend to be pretty good at their job anyway.
They do. At the moment I am merely casting doubt. I am willing to accept that it is gospel truth. However, as long as the only source for the claim is the UK's Sun tabloid, better known for it's page three girls than it's accuracy in it's reporting (check out what happened when they claimed had been the cause of the deaths at the 1985 Bradford Stadium fire).