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To: dila813

Well, we used 155mm howitzers as an anti-sniper weapon in Aachen...so a TOW wouldn’t be too out of place as a tactic.


27 posted on 12/09/2017 12:39:52 PM PST by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: Ancesthntr

My old man was a BAR gunner during WWII in the ETO. He told me they used the BAR to “snipe” unwary Germans who believed they were out of first round range. It involved a spotter with some good quality German binoculars and the shooter would aim low and let off a burst on the faster rate of fire available on the BAR. They got consistent hits.

Most of the targets were out of their holes to relieve themselves... Ain’t war grand?


38 posted on 12/09/2017 1:51:28 PM PST by M1911A1 (President Trump. Ahhhhhhhh.....)
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