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Originally posted by Jungle View Post"Elite Snipers" !?!?! What do these "Elite" guys do that "ordinary" Snipers don't ?"Well, stone me! We've had cocaine, bribery and Arsenal scoring two goals at home. But just when you thought there were truly no surprises left in football, Vinnie Jones turns out to be an international player!" (Jimmy Greaves)!"
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Funnily enough the intermediate course draws heavily on training our IWW lads received on the Sniper detachment commanders course in Canada!
Intermediate course also focuses on insertion and extraction skills,pistol shooting and a lot of LFTT.It does NOT cover hostage rescue.Infantry snipers DON'T train for that as they are not tasked with it.
I suppose within a battalion the snipers and recce soldiers "could" be described as the elite of the battalion as they have to pass a very arduous course to gain either title.But you would never hear them describe themselves as such.The only true elite are SOF. End of.
(Reminds me of an An Cosantoir article back in 2004 where a Cav head tried to describe the Cavalry squadrons as special forces because of their medium range recce tasking!!I nearly wet myself laughing)"Let us be clear about three facts. First, all battles and all wars are won in the end by the infantryman. Secondly, the infantryman always bears the brunt. His casualties are heavier, he suffers greater extremes of discomfort and fatigue than the other arms. Thirdly, the art of the infantryman is less stereotyped and far harder to acquire in modern war than that of any other arm." ------- Field Marshall Wavell, April 1945.
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Pretty much apod. Although there seems to be a trend of recce raids or similar on IWW run sniping course now. I know the last instructors course carried out a recce raid of sorts with a VIP.
Are you kiddiing me on the part where they don't refer to themselves as elite? 😜 (it's done in hushed voices)
Also the Cav is the equivalent of the RMs or paras....😏Sir I cant find my peltors........Private they are on your face
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No such thing as a Recce raid, a raid is a raid. If it's carried out by Recce Platoon, well then it's going to involve Sniper's anyway since they're part of Recce Platoon. Something which people need to remind folks of when running both Recce and Sniper Cse's... They're two parts of one Platoon, which when used together can be a serious asset. Instead, you have people on both sides trying to protect their empires... Rant over.
Cav the same as the Paras or RM's? What great leaders of their country have the Para's or RM's gotten killed?
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Originally posted by Fridge Magnet View PostNo such thing as a Recce raid, a raid is a raid. If it's carried out by Recce Platoon, well then it's going to involve Sniper's anyway since they're part of Recce Platoon. Something which people need to remind folks of when running both Recce and Sniper Cse's... They're two parts of one Platoon, which when used together can be a serious asset. Instead, you have people on both sides trying to protect their empires... Rant over.
Cav the same as the Paras or RM's? What great leaders of their country have the Para's or RM's gotten killed?Last edited by sofa; 17 June 2014, 18:16.
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