:rolleyes: Just incase anybody's wondering, engines & transmissions don't last long without proper amounts of lubrication and maintenance,...
At 1500 yards I'd have to say that luck had a great deal to do with it though, even if the muzzle velocity was an abnorm 1500 to 2000 fps....
Knocking out 320+ enemy tanks for 13 losses qualifies as a sterling job in my book, nomatter wether the vehicle which achieved it was bug free or...
Yes, the Ferdinands were refitted with both hull machineguns and top mounted ones after Kursk.
The Ferdinands did a sterling job a Kursk though, achieving a 10:1 kill ratio. The problem occured once the Russians got up close and the...
To be fair Senich writes that elements of US sniper training & doctrine are based on lessons learned studying WW2 German sniper training &...
I wouldn't recommend using a tree as a sniping nest myself. Would be rather difficult to escape if spotted. Not to mention the movement of...
Interestingly it seems that the US also taught snipers to use trees as sniping nests, just as did the Japanese, Russians & Germans.
Well that's actually a fair opinion formerjughead, one which isn't far from my own. But I'll dig abit deeper into this subject once I get home...
John Gross seems to be of the opinion that it was the luckiest shot in history, an opinion I'd have to mirror myself. Take into account that it...
It isn't an opinion if it based upon information recieved from the sniper institutions he refers to, and it more than likely is seeing as leading...
Hmm... seeing as the dimension are identical to the old ammunition and of lead as-well, I don't see how this is possible. I don't believe lead has...
Well if he wasn't aiming at a specific individual then I fail to see why you would even bring it up. We aint talking stray bullets here after-all,...
formerjughead, Senich doesn't need have participated in USMC sniper training to know where it originated from, he interviewed personnel who know...
In regards to the WhitWorth rifles performance, it is said that it is almost identical to that of the .45-70 ammunition as used in the Sharps...
Here's a link to the ballistics calculator I am using: JBM - Calculations I double checked the results using calculators from other places, but...
I was under the impression that we were talking about a shot having been made in 1854 because of the following posted by Price:
It is claimed that it was a surveyed 1500 yard shot, just like the following was claimed: Perhaps nothing has added more to the legend of the...
Interestingly I came across this on another board: Whitworth Rifle / Sharpshooters Has some good info, like the following: "For example, tell a...
Price (can I call you that?), I haven't at any point been questioning any of that as I'm quite aware of it. The Minié ball was a big improvement...
