From:	Arc Light <G_master@*******.COM>
Subject:	Re: Sniping in SR
Date:	Sat, 30 May 1998 21:10:17 +0200

Antonio Luccini wrote:

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> I totally agree with your numbers. I mean, that's what's always made
> snipers so damned nasty: you never know they're there 'til your dead!
>
> As for the reduced modifier for moving over "open" terrain... I wouldn'=
t
> lose any sleep over it. Any sniper worth the price of his bullets
> wouldn't be crossing open terrain. Good snipers sit in the tree, very
> still, for days on end if need be...

Yep, but the best do the unexpected, like lying in the open
terrain. Remember "The Sniper" with Tom Berenger? Suddenly, the grass
starts moving.... : )
When you are out for an Assasination, you have to deal with other
snipers who are just chasing any potential threat to their boss/ your
target...


> Then, of course, there's the urban sniper...
>
> how many people(besides stupid tourists) look up at the tops of
> buildings in downtown areas of the city?

The bodyguards? Rooftops are the most watched places when dealing with
threats like this. Ever watched some VIP politicians visting town? TV
always shows police snipers on rooftops, searching for threats! And you
can bet your a&% that there are some more in the dark, watching for the
professionals..

> And if that's a little too
> conspicuous for you, how about a window with a reflective coating of
> somekind(they all have it in the 'plex). Sure your shot shatters the
> window, but by that time your target's dead, so who cares, right?

Perhaps you want to escape? Think what happens to murderers?Never heard
that "If someone kills X, he is dead meat" to provide no motivation
for other terrorists? Some years ago a RAF terrorist killed an GSG 9
policeman when he got caught; the terrorist was shot in the head from
close distance several times when already unconscious... german
listmembers can possibly tell more.

> Remember that movie, "the Professional"? Of course you do, think of the=

> scene where Leon and the girl are on the roof, shooting that dork that
> was jogging in the park. Hell, the guy was almost too far to see with
> the naked eye, imagine what kind of distances you can manage in the
> 2050's!

Yeah, in the movies.. considering wind drift, the moving target with
bystanders/ guards and the situation that the girl probably never used a
rifle before (it was a modified M16 IIRC), this was pure luck. Bullet
should have been pretty light too, very hard shot even with normal 5.56
NATO.

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Arc Light

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