Snipers

[megusen]

Maybe this helps:

http://www.shooterready.com/mildot.swf

[Kippari]

I don't know about "accurately", but knowing the angular units of markings on your optical device (binocular, sniper sight, scope etc) and the size of object you are looking at (e.g. assuming an average height of a standing man) you can calculate the distance. For example, the standard unit we used in IDF (I imagine this is an international standard at least in metric system) is mils, which means that a marking 1mil long on your optics corresponds to 1meter at 1000meters distance. So, for example, if you looking at a person occupying 1mil in your scope, you can assume that he is at distance of 1800meters (assuming height of 1.8m for a man). Sometimes the inverse is what you are looking for - e.g., knowing the distance from, say, the laser range finder, you'd want to find out what you are looking at in poor visibility conditions, an animal or human, for example.

Confirming the use of mils. It's standard artillery/optic angle unit in most if not all militaries.

Gunner's triangle:


(v=angle in mils)

Btw. How's the Sako TRG have been faring in Afghanistan?

[Try&die]

Turkish snipers ( Maroon Berets ):

[Pete031]

Yes you can... The Mils dots are used for judging distance.
It's all an equation that must be mastered.

[Ravage]

You do the formula when the scope is on max zoom or how is it done ?

[Pete031]

The rifles I have used are fixed power. However, it depends on the scope and the first focal plain.
Fixed power are the way to go IMO, In military sniping you will have a spotter with a much more powerful optic.

[mj78]

1. company, 43. parachute mech. battalion, sniper section.

[Chris O`Crooh]

1. company, 43. parachute mech. battalion, sniper section.

Kinda big fellow, has Falcon such a recoil that one needs XXL-soldier?

[18SASS]

I have a whole lot of pictures from Yemen. Where is a good place to upload them to?

[Bisley_Bob]

I have a whole lot of pictures from Yemen. Where is a good place to upload them to?

Try photobucket, imageshack or you can just add them as attachments to a post.

[sepia]

That vegetation looks like the wild fig that grows all over the coastal sandy regions of South Africa,native to SA.
**** stuff to lay in ,sticky stuff if the fleshy type leaf breaks.

It's looks like Succulants,I think .

[sepia]

Sniper don't want to counts but want to rabbits .

[FenderJoshBass]

It's looks like Succulants,I think .

It's an ice plant.

I've always wondered if that fox was photoshopped or dead.

[JohnnyWalker]

Try photobucket, imageshack or you can just add them as attachments to a post.

dont use photobucket, you run out of bandwidth in 2 seconds.

[[srod]`]

It's an ice plant.

I've always wondered if that fox was photoshopped or dead.

Nice I grew up in San Diego. There was a lot of ice plants there, I'm assuming they're used for places that can be dry and are used as a tool for wild fire prevention.

We used to chuck em at each other in high school, middle school and elementary, lol.