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Scuba Forum / General / December 2007Canadian snipers
Thanks, John. You're guys are pretty damn good http://www.heavy.com/video/13089 http://www.snipercountry.com/Articles/KillingShot_2430Metres.asp http://www.riflebarrels.com/articles/50calibre/50sniping.htm http://serr8d.blogspot.com/2007/11/canadian-snipers-take-out-talaban.html I think this last one has the same video. But it has some cute girls, so of course it had to go up. And, to make this an official rec.scuba post, my last final was Wednesday and I cracked open a bottle of 25 year old Oban to celebrate. What else am I forgetting? Guns, booze, women.  Signaturedillon "They don't make Jews like Jesus any more. They don't turn the other cheek, the way they done before. You could hear the honky holler, as he headed for the floor. They don't make Jews like Jesus any more." -- the Kinkster. Support Utopia, the last home for many pets >Thanks, John. You're guys are pretty damn good Rather messy stuff. But they also killed our people in the WTC towers. >http://www.heavy.com/video/13089 > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >I think this last one has the same video. But it has some cute girls, >so of course it had to go up. They look like they know how to handle their pieces... >And, to make this an official rec.scuba post, my last final was >Wednesday and I cracked open a bottle of 25 year old Oban to >celebrate. Your "last final?" Last final what? 25-years old. Mmmmm, that must have been tasty. >What else am I forgetting? Guns, booze, women. Well, booze & women, at least. We don't really care about guns that much unless it's for hunting game or going to war. >>Thanks, John. You're guys are pretty damn good > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > >Your "last final?" Last final what? For the semester. I'm changing careers. In August of 2009 I hope to graduate with an AAS in Radiography. But that's still 5 semesters away. This semester: Patient Care - B, Principles of Radiography - C, Radiographic Anatomy - B, Radiographic Positions and Procedures - B. Nest semester it's Advanced Radiographic Positions and Procedures, Principles of Radiography II, Radiographic Imaging Equipment and Clinical I. The clinicals will be the fun part, that's when I start taking x-rays of real people. Tue & Thur, 7:30-3:00, Seton Hospital. Some people drew clinics (with PTs refered to as "walkie talkies"). A few "lucky" ones drew ERs, including a few at Brack. For those of you unfamiliar with Austin, Brackenridge is the primary trauma hospital. It's the equivalent of say, being shot in Houston and saying "take me to Ben Taub". Everybody will draw an ER. I plan to get into either MRI or nuclear, but that's down the road. Right now, I just want to get through this program with my sanity. Right now I don't know of anyone that made more than one A in the semester. And I know of at least two people who failed out. >25-years old. Mmmmm, that must have been tasty. Oh lordy, did it. I told one of my class mates about it and she said "wow, that's older than me". For about 22 seconds, I considered inviting her over for a taste or ten. >>What else am I forgetting? Guns, booze, women. > >Well, booze & women, at least. We don't really care about guns that >much unless it's for hunting game or going to war. > Signaturedillon I used to think the horse's name was Bob. And the angel's name was Hark. >>>Thanks, John. You're guys are pretty damn good >> [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > For the semester. I'm changing careers. In August of 2009 I hope to > graduate with an AAS in Radiography. which is why your posts are so insightful and you can see through most of us Hope it all goes well snip <snip> >For the semester. I'm changing careers. In August of 2009 I hope to >graduate with an AAS in Radiography. But that's still 5 semesters [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >"wow, that's older than me". For about 22 seconds, I considered >inviting her over for a taste or ten. Definitely 10. Well, good luck with all that. What did you do before? I started out in forestry but ended up in IT. In my parents' generation, they had the same job their entire lives, and retired with pensions. My, how things have changed. ><snip> >> [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] >generation, they had the same job their entire lives, and retired with >pensions. My, how things have changed. I was in IT, security. But there are no jobs in the area. I had an offer from Symantec in July, in San Jose. But they were only offering $100K. Carol can get a job there in a blink, but even if we were making a quarter, we couldn't live there. We have a 2000 sq ft house on an 8000 sq ft lot. How much would that cost us? There were 42 in the class on August 27th. On Sept 1, the Central Texas Hospital District said that there would be openings for 150 new radiographers by 2010. I stayed in IT basically from the time I graduated with a BS in 1978. But I went from an analyst to a programmer to a system administrator to a security specialist to a project manager to a security consultant. So I made a lot of switchs. Carol worked for TI for 14 years and has now worked for Motorola/Freescale for 13. But has gone from a design tool programmer to a senior DFT engineer (and probably a fellow by the end of next year). A EE with a CS degree. Interestingly, her brother is also a DFT engineer. Also considered one of the leaders. It's a small world. Signaturedillon I used to think the horse's name was Bob. And the angel's name was Hark. > Thanks, John. You're guys are pretty damn good > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > What else am I forgetting? Guns, booze, women. You completely left out sex and politics. > > Thanks, John. You're guys are pretty damn good > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > You completely left out sex and politics. Damn good shooting. Thanks, Canadians. I'm glad you posted both articles. The first one stated that the bronze star is one of the highest medals given by the U.S. military. It is, of course, the lowest performance based medal. But apparently, according to the article, it's the highest medal we give to foreign soldiers. I'd say these guys deserved better. gc That's pretty much what a prairie dog looks like when hit with a 4,000 fps .224 round. Wonder how long it will take for Greg to call the snipers sociopaths. Lee > That's pretty much what a prairie dog looks like when hit with a 4,000 fps > .224 round. > > Wonder how long it will take for Greg to call the snipers sociopaths. You're comparing yourself and the killing of defenseless little animals to the military-sanctioned killing of sworn enemy combatants against the U.S.? Get a life. > Thanks, John. You're guys are pretty damn good > http://www.heavy.com/video/13089 I hate to do it, but that is a video of someone shooting yellow bellied marmots in Colorado. > http://www.snipercountry.com/Articles/KillingShot_2430Metres.asp > http://www.riflebarrels.com/articles/50calibre/50sniping.htm > http://serr8d.blogspot.com/2007/11/canadian-snipers-take-out-talaban.html > I think this last one has the same video. But it has some cute girls, > so of course it had to go up. They got that one wrong too, it is the 30mm chaingun on an Apache. > And, to make this an official rec.scuba post, my last final was > Wednesday and I cracked open a bottle of 25 year old Oban to > celebrate. > > What else am I forgetting? Guns, booze, women. That pretty much covers it. > http://www.heavy.com/video/13089 This can't be right. In order to cause a human body to go flying like that, you'd have to hit it with an artillery round, or at the very least a vehicle-mounted heavy weapon. A weapon that can deliver that much energy to the target would have too much recoil to be shoulder-fired, unless it weighed several hundred pounds, in which case it would be too heavy to carry. The other shots look like they could be real -- a .50 BMG can almost certainly shred a big part of a body and send small pieces flying while the rest falls, but there's no way it packs enough energy to throw a 150-lb piece of meat in the air like that. Shawn. >> http://www.heavy.com/video/13089 > This can't be right. In order to cause a human body to go flying like > that, [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > weighed several hundred pounds, in which case it would be too heavy to > carry. > The other shots look like they could be real -- a .50 BMG can almost > certainly shred a big part of a body and send small pieces flying while > the > rest falls, but there's no way it packs enough energy to throw a 150-lb > piece of meat in the air like that. The U.S. M33 .50 BMG military load uses a 668 grain FMJ-BT bullet at a muzzle velocity (MV) of 2910 fps with muzzle energy (ME) of 12,550 ft. lbs. The U.S. M2 military load uses a 720 grain FMJ-BT bullet at a MV of 2810 fps and ME of 12,600 ft. lbs. I was about to say that this is a ton of energy, but that would be wrong. I'ts more than 6 tons of energy. The muzzle energy of my 22-250 is around 3,800 ft lbs. It will, and has, thrown a full grown prairie dog, weighing somewhere around 5 lbs, in much the same way the video shows. Assuming a human weight of about 150 lbs, about 30 times as heavy, and a muzzle energy a little better than 3 times as high, it would seem that you're correct. The round could throw part of a human as shown, but I doubt it would throw all of one like that. My best guess is that it was not a human target. Lee > >>http://www.heavy.com/video/13089 > > This can't be right. In order to cause a human body to go flying like [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > Lee Its highly unlikely that those videos are real (or alternatively, if real, made by Canadians). We're rather protective of our special- forces types here; and outside of the name of a few of the units (i.e. JTF2) little is known about the members or their operations. As such it would be highly unlikely that anything like this would be released. The rational is that Canada is a small country and letting outsiders know who these guys are may put them or their families at risk. Personally I think they're being paranoid - about the only government institution Canadians really come out and support is our troops - but its not my call to make. Bryan |
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