4 eyed Sniper

• Dr Who

  8 Jun 05, 23:36

  
  From the depths of my memory a few years back:
  
  A fearsome creature emerged from the jungle carrying a Carl Gustaf bolt-action rifle......in a ghilli suit......wow........but on closer examination, that guy got the thickest of eye glasses........ala-mak
• SMAPLionHeart

  9 Jun 05, 02:33

  who cares how many eyes he has as long as he hits the target?
  
• Obersturmfuhrer

  9 Jun 05, 08:52

  Our friend here is a superficial sort of person and is only impressed by soldiers with the physique of Rambo.
• bcoy

  9 Jun 05, 12:36

  Carl Gustaf bolt-action rifle? That must be a super long time ago. None of the snipers today use them nor do they wear glasses.
• tchiew

  9 Jun 05, 23:18

  Originally posted by bcoy:

  Carl Gustaf bolt-action rifle? That must be a super long time ago. None of the snipers today use them nor do they wear glasses.

  Yup, confirm the above.
• gary1910

  10 Jun 05, 03:24

  I never heard that a sniper wear glasses b4, afterall is that we can't find anyone that dun wear glasses right???
  
  Anyway I have sharpshooter who is very good shot and wear glasses, perhaps , you mistaken a sharpshooter as sniper.
• the.raven

  10 Jun 05, 03:26

  wtf is the difference between a sharpshooter and a sniper?
  
  anyways, in the Bourne Identity, there was this cool assasin guy who wore glasses, LOL. I wondered how the hell he can snipe while wearing glasses.
• tchiew

  10 Jun 05, 08:03

  A sniper should have sharp / good eyeslight for obvious reasons. As mentioned in my previous post, i have not seen or heard of a sniper who are "4 eyes" during my NSF and reservist as a sniper pc.
  
  Practical examples why a SAF sniper cann't / shouldn't wear glasses:-
  
  1. If one does not handle / hold the T-bolt rifle properly during firing, one may suffer a "sniper eye injury", term we use in sniper community in saf (not sure about other countries). Basically, the recoil from firing is so strong that the scope of the rifle hits the shooter's eye causing "blue black". Hmmm imagine what will happen to a "4 eye" shooter glasses.
  
  2. Depending on the situation, a sniper may need to dig a "sniper trench" and stay in the trench for hours if not days. The "hole" is so humid that the len on rifle's scope, bino and spotter will fog up. Surely a "4 eye" shooter will face serious problems in such situtaion.
  
  3. One needs to have a good judgement of distances.
  
  Of course one may argue that he can wear contact lenses