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Military Losing the Sniper War Against Russia?
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<blockquote data-quote="JustMe2" data-source="post: 1939676" data-attributes="member: 42494"><p>Pro2A, Inside the article is a blue colored hyperlink to the Russian "<a href="https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a14382207/russian-sniper-t-5000/" target="_blank">Orsis T-5000 Tochnost rifle</a> " talking about the 4600 yd shot. This second hyperlinked article says:</p><p></p><p>"But the T-5000 is really only beginning, even more powerful snipers are currently in the works. <a href="http://lobaevarms.com/products/svlk-long-range-sniper-rifle/" target="_blank">Lobaev Arms</a>, claimed a world record with a Sumrak (Twilight) rifle, hitting a target from<a href="http://lobaevarms.com/blog/new-long-range-shooting-record-3720-yards-3400m/" target="_blank"> 3,720 yards away</a> in 2015. Last month, the company topped this with a<a href="http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/10/09/lobaev-arms-sets-new-long-range-shooting-world-record-4210-meters/" target="_blank"> 4,600 yard</a> shot. Although requiring detailed knowledge of the exact winds as well as a correction for the rotation of the Earth, these snipers will redefine the idea of "a safe distance" and become new masters of the battlefield."</p><p></p><p>You're welcome. I figured the guys would enjoy this article and have a lot of discussions about what it says in the article and in what is said in the many hyperlinks inside the main article.</p><p></p><p>Really not amazing why government decisions are outdated by the time they are implemented by Big Army and Big Navy. It really is because of lawyers and tax dollars. The lawyers and Congress want to make sure everyone has a fair chance to use our tax dollars, so Congress mandates a long competition process to see who the winner of the billion dollar contract (tax dollars) is. Then, almost 100 percent of the time, the loosing company's lawyers sue because they don't like the decision the military (government) made in the selection process which delays acquisition even longer and typically years more of court battles. The normal acquisition is therefore about 10-20 years because of this illusion of fairness to all competitors. That is also why the Spec Ops guys can get newer equipment than big army and big navy because the Spec Ops purchase is smaller and falls under different acquisition rules and is not as long.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JustMe2, post: 1939676, member: 42494"] Pro2A, Inside the article is a blue colored hyperlink to the Russian "[URL='https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a14382207/russian-sniper-t-5000/']Orsis T-5000 Tochnost rifle[/URL] " talking about the 4600 yd shot. This second hyperlinked article says: "But the T-5000 is really only beginning, even more powerful snipers are currently in the works. [URL='http://lobaevarms.com/products/svlk-long-range-sniper-rifle/']Lobaev Arms[/URL], claimed a world record with a Sumrak (Twilight) rifle, hitting a target from[URL='http://lobaevarms.com/blog/new-long-range-shooting-record-3720-yards-3400m/'] 3,720 yards away[/URL] in 2015. Last month, the company topped this with a[URL='http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/10/09/lobaev-arms-sets-new-long-range-shooting-world-record-4210-meters/'] 4,600 yard[/URL] shot. Although requiring detailed knowledge of the exact winds as well as a correction for the rotation of the Earth, these snipers will redefine the idea of “a safe distance” and become new masters of the battlefield." You're welcome. I figured the guys would enjoy this article and have a lot of discussions about what it says in the article and in what is said in the many hyperlinks inside the main article. Really not amazing why government decisions are outdated by the time they are implemented by Big Army and Big Navy. It really is because of lawyers and tax dollars. The lawyers and Congress want to make sure everyone has a fair chance to use our tax dollars, so Congress mandates a long competition process to see who the winner of the billion dollar contract (tax dollars) is. Then, almost 100 percent of the time, the loosing company's lawyers sue because they don't like the decision the military (government) made in the selection process which delays acquisition even longer and typically years more of court battles. The normal acquisition is therefore about 10-20 years because of this illusion of fairness to all competitors. That is also why the Spec Ops guys can get newer equipment than big army and big navy because the Spec Ops purchase is smaller and falls under different acquisition rules and is not as long. [/QUOTE]
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