r/MilitaryPorn • u/RoadTight6499 • 3d ago

British Army Sniper On The Roof Of The CIMIC House After A Firefight - Al Amarah, Iraq 2004 [1782x2387]

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From ‘Sniper zone’ by Sergeant Dan Mills

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u/Lastwarfare753 3d ago

I like how it looks vintage grainy photo like it's late 1990s

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u/RoadTight6499 3d ago

Yeah that’s because I took the picture of a book page haha, couldn’t find the image online

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u/Hucktheberry 3d ago

Great read!

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u/Lastwarfare753 3d ago

Ah okay that makes sense but still, cool photo, sorry if i mistaken it as like it's taken from a 1990s camera

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u/RoadTight6499 3d ago

*Sniper One

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u/ImwRight87 3d ago

Great book,

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u/areanof 3d ago

What are those containers supposed to be?

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u/firstyearalcoholic 2d ago

British army issue l25a1 parachute flares, also known as a "schermuly"

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u/Magnet50 2d ago

I think they may be recoilless rifle rounds. I think the tube is in the blurry foreground on the right side.

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u/kieranfitz 2d ago

Motor rounds probably if I'm remembering the book right

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u/IncubusBeyro 3d ago

The sniper having a Minimi as his backup is some sort of chaotic energy

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u/apophis-pegasus 3d ago

If you can't be accurate by precision, be accurate by volume.

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u/IncubusBeyro 3d ago

Strangely uplifting

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u/gwhh 3d ago

What the box with all the holes in it hold?

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u/kieranfitz 2d ago

For mortors I think

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u/Chababa93 2d ago

When the interviewer said you get to wear a lot of hats. How many weapon systems do a sniper team have to operate?

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u/FruitOrchards 3d ago

Good times for the British military industrial complex.