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As time passes I really do believe that armies need to be flexible with regard to organisational structure and weapons and equipment. More applicable (I appreciate) for armies that pick fights...

Yes there is certainly a need to differentiate between the golf-bag type selection ability of weapons for different special forces operations and the more standard requirements of the line infantry.

Well I hope you realised that back when you were serving ;)

My experience is that the average 18 year old infantry trainee is generally not rocket scientist material and if he has the smarts at 18...

I suggest we are talking at crossed purposes. I was merely reacting to the comment that because there are many 303 Enfields in Afghanistan there is necessarily a risk from long range sniping. The...

Welcome Demon Fox,



So I wonder who can explain why the 62 grain is standard issue?



May I suggest that you consider adding the "Dead and Alive Shoot" to the Drake Shoot training.

Yes, we have spoken about those "imported" snipers before somewhere here.

I understand they were foreign and were finally taken out.

The context of my post related to the availability of "a lot...

and the 5.56 could adequately penetrate the brick and concrete cover found in such urban environments?



But luckily, not too many shooters who can achieve that are to be found there.

Have...

Good point. Are you asking about the 5.56 or the 7.62 or both?

But then the aim of section fire out to 600m is what?

I thought the Dragunov was a sniper rifle? But certainly the FN/SLR was fit for purpose. As most of our action was at very close ranges the range of the weapon did not come into play but it was the...

Not sure... I suggest its a job for the unit armourer. It took minutes.

OK, it was no catch question but what I was trying to establish was if soldier produced a fancy optic scope he had bought somewhere would he be allowed to use it in your army? Would he need to...

Is there a need for short range stuff for troops in Afghanistan (other than special forces)?

And what impact has the general issue of optics to Brit soldiers on the kill rate per contact and the...

I think it is a very good article. I had it emailed to me so can't provide a link here but if you can I'm sure it would be of interest around here.

The photo comes from here, they are Marines, so you must help me understand the Marine rank structure.

http://www.freewebs.com/blacksnakekiller/1551.gif

E5 is the fifth rank level? Who (what...

... and your army lets you modify your weapon (and presumably your kit) as you like?

Do modern sergeants make "mistakes" like that? Things are slipping.



Perhaps I should say that I note that the line infantry units are tends to mimic and adopt the "special forces" way of doing...

Really? That probably accounts for the general drop in standards then.

The simple method is take hold of the pistol grip turn the knuckles downwards with the butt (stock) flat on your forearm then...

Oh? Then what's his finger doing on the trigger?

Then of course there was Blah who asked earlier about locating the enemy by obvious signs such as dust and muzzle flash. Here we see dust. But...

Lets just make sure we are on the same page with regard to "length of pull" (see photo below):

http://www.accurateinnovations.com/images/DSC07061.jpg

That said and done it still leaves the...

I can understand the length of pull requirement changing if the shoulder padding thickness changes significantly. I would have thought that the use of body armour is by now not negotiable so that...

It is (or should be) standard to purchase rifles with a combination of long, standard and short butt-stock lengths. The user information should be easily available through historical record of the...

The SCAR (as good as it no doubt is) is a designer rifle. As has been written:


OK, so the SCAR was designed for special forces by special forces.

But what of the line infantry? Why do the...

Why?

No surprise there that the contract would go to a Czech company.

On the calibre issue nothing worth taking to PM. The fact that it was deemed necessary to have the ability to switch calibres...

You have an opinion on the calibre issue?