Shutting down the sniper schools of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Marine Divisions will cause a large loss of institutional knowledge and ability in regards to long range , precision shooting
USMC Eliminating Scout Sniper Platoons
Shutting down the sniper schools of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Marine Divisions will cause a large loss of institutional knowledge and ability in regards to long range , precision shooting
Just write it down in a book?
If you have a Calculus book on your shelf. Does that mean you can calculus ?
There's this thing called "reading". You can do it when you want to pick up a topic. Ideally when you need that topic.
There is also this thing called "practicing the art " which is required if you are to be proficient at something as complicated as long range precision shooting.
I'd be willing to bet a considerable amount of money that you could teach someone everything there is to know about long range shooting in three months. It's basic bitch ballistics plus some aspects of wind and shit. As far as I see it nothing that couldn't be out sourced to a literal app on your smart phone.
There is a lot more to being an effective sniper in combat than simply long range shooting. That is why the USMC Diviision Sniper Schools are so important. Being able to ring a 4 inch diameter plate at 1,000 yards is maybe 5% of being a capable war time sniper.
Okay, add one month of "sitting still, pissing yourself and feeling really smug about both of those things".
You forgot " keeping completely motionless even if your balls itch. "
Well, you could read the book?
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So they are moving snipers from a sniper platoon in the battalion, into the recon platoon of the battalion. I don't see the big deal with this tbh. Evidently keeping the sniper schools isn't something that is necessary to the overall warfighting capabilities of the Marine Corps
Our military is so much more powerful than every other one on the planet it's like we're being hit with gayry based balance patches.
Might have to do with the nazis bro
I'm not a neo nazi myself
The actual nazis had these young snipers, often just young boys, who would go on sniper missions against allies facing certain death. A lot of them died, they were called the suicide boys.
So you are saying the logic supporting this decision is "cuz' Nazi's " ?
nah I'm just saying maybe it's political, and if it isn't, it could still be a bad decision. Nothing is stopping them from training militiamen and carrying on the tradition in some capacity.
Even if it isn't politics, sometimes the top brass makes bad decisions, otherwise they would win every single war. The top brass also started wearing dresses and wigs so there's that.
Literal dicksuckers who will allow you to die for Israel and collect a nice pay package for it.
Wha wah wah... We already had a thread over this.
Fucking nothing will be lost. Snipers aren't gotten rid of, just the Marine SCOUT snipers.
Snipers are a niche unit. While useful at the tactical level, they barely effect the operational level. With the money saved on sniper training, the Marines can reinvest in Unmanned Ground Vehicles and other tech. Good move.
The USMC Division Sniper Schools cost so little to run and provide so much value to the USMC that the defense budget aspect of this decision is not relevant. If you consider how much waste, fraud and abuse there is at all levels of the United States government that is not being investigated or prosecuted. It is nonsensical to think the tiny money saved by eliminating the USMC Division Schools will have a positive impact on defense budgets. The fact that congress fought to ensure there is no oversight or accountability for the US Treasury $'s committed to Ukraine and the massive flow of treasure that is ongoing demonstrates that there is no fiscal constraint on Washington DC.
long range percision sniping is a meme, only kept in place by COINpilled retards
What you say is simply not true. While fighting the battle for Stalingrad both engaged armies started scout sniper schools in theatre to feed snipers into the battle.
The USMC trained scout snipers in theatre during the Korean conflict also to fulfill the need for long range precision sniping.
They're moving to battalion recon. Not a big deal.
>fashwave
is this cringe LARPer shit still being used?
lmao
who gives a fuck
seriously, marine scout snipers have had zero impact on every war
snipers are obsolete; scouting, surveillance, targeted attacks can all be done by loitering munitions and drones far more cheaper and effectivelly
EW countermeasures can negate and disable drones. The command & control links for encrypted drones are not difficult to overwhelm, block and disrupt.
The modern battlefield will still require human scouting, surveillance, target acquisition and fire adjustment.
>The modern battlefield will still require human scouting, surveillance, target acquisition and fire adjustment.
and that's what the rangers are for
One Ranger regiment ain't enough Bro.