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Cue Kurdish people being blown to shite for simplyspeedingbreathing.
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Cue Kurdish people being blown to shite for simplyspeedingbreathing.
I would have thought that sniping from a helicopter would be a very specialised skill.
And from over here in Yankland, our US Coast Guard has “snipers” on the HITRON Birds.
“Heave to! (Wokka Wokka) Blam! .50 in the engine of those pesky Cartel boats.
And we do have Law Enforcement “sniper” capabilities with a few agencies across the US. One CA Sheriffs Office had quite the run shooting fleeing cars trying to escape across the desert... Awesome.
Yep the LAPD ASTRO (Air Support To Regular Officer) Homeland Security DiviSion was established year or two after 9/11. Their AS350B2 Astar helicopters equipped with Tyler mounts so that SWAT officers would be strapped on , fly constant patrols over the city of angels for rapid response. Anyhow here are my photos of their Astar and sniper rifle at Heli Expo 2012 in Dallas.Have Police helicopter ever been used as platforms for Snipers? During the London Olympics virtually every armed Police Officer was sent to the Olympic sites, but the helicopter borne snipers were military ones who would have fired from military helicopters.
I am pretty certain that in the UK the Police are not allowed to travel in military helicopters.
And from over here in Yankland, our US Coast Guard has “snipers” on the HITRON Birds.
“Heave to! (Wokka Wokka) Blam! .50 in the engine of those pesky Cartel boats.
And we do have Law Enforcement “sniper” capabilities with a few agencies across the US. One CA Sheriffs Office had quite the run shooting fleeing cars trying to escape across the desert... Awesome.
We would if we could...but it’s racist and privileged to disable a car. It denies the family the ability to go to work, buy food, steal TVs, etc...The US Coast Gaurd are sort of military - not only do they have national security roles but they deploy to places like the Middle East. There snipers take boat engines out the same way as Royal Marine maritime snipers.
I sometimes wonder if the Police could disable fleeing criminals by putting a large calibre round through the engine block. Probably not - too many things to go wrong.
In the bad old days, observers carried THAT rifle with Singlepoint sight and catcher bag for the brass. Until it was banned under the Geneva convention of course...I would have thought that sniping from a helicopter would be a very specialised skill.
Edit for veracity...We would if we could...but it’s racist and privileged to disable a car. It denies thefamilyoccupants the ability to go toworkflee the scene of the crime,buyshoplift food, steal TVs, etc...