Marine Sharp Shooter Eliminates Taliban Fighter

[wild_wild_wes]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE2BDKBI2sk

Helmand Province, Afghanistan - Moments after taking fire, U.S. Marines spot an armed Taliban fighter across the Helmand River where the ambush came from. After receiving clearance and confirming that he is in fact a Taliban fighter, the Marines engage with a suppressed MK-12. This is a typical engagement for Marines fighting in Afghanistan, and contrary to popular belief, confirmation of targets is confirmed before engaging.

[ptmccain]

Well done. Semper Fi.

[wild_wild_wes]

Good work by the spotter too. I wonder how he called the missed round. Wonder if the Taliban fighter knew he was being shot at.

[Arctic1]

Good work by the spotter too. I wonder how he called the missed round. Wonder if the Taliban fighter knew he was being shot at.

He either saw the trace of the round, or bullet impact behind the target.

The guy probably knew he was being shot at, but I don't think he was able to orient sufficiently to what was happening in the 6 seconds before the second shot.

[ptmccain]

Good work by the spotter too. I wonder how he called the missed round. Wonder if the Taliban fighter knew he was being shot at.

The spotter's role, assuming there was one, is to watch closely and feed data to the shooter. He has a high power spotting scope and can see where the rounds are going.

[Noodles]

5 seconds,

I wonder if the shooter is naturally left handed, plenty of room for the gun so I'd assume so. Also foam and duct tape on the stock. Non-cantilevered rings, I wonder if they were too tall? I've never felt like my cheekweld was wrong at 1.5" over rail on the AR.

Not surprised to see thumb on left side of the gun, but am surprised to see almost no bipod load.

[MountainRaven]

5 seconds,

I wonder if the shooter is naturally left handed, plenty of room for the gun so I'd assume so. Also foam and duct tape on the stock. Non-cantilevered rings, I wonder if they were too tall? I've never felt like my cheekweld was wrong at 1.5" over rail on the AR.

Not surprised to see thumb on left side of the gun, but am surprised to see almost no bipod load.

The shooter may not have the training; He may simply be the best shooting grunt in his unit.

[Noodles]

The shooter may not have the training; He may simply be the best shooting grunt in his unit.

No real criticism. I'm completely unaware who they hand Mk12s to. I would have figured anyone with a Mk12 was fully trained on them. We also don't know the distance. I would have to figure 300y+ though considering the number of voices on the video.

[Doc. Holiday]

5 seconds,
but am surprised to see almost no bipod load.

Ya I caught that too...

[Bandanabandit1]

Very cool! I always wondered though how that user was able to get all that combat footage...