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Could be a bit hyped up but still some good propaganda.
and its the sun......

(btw i dont know how to do that <turn a link into description> thing)

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006350757,00.html

viewtopic.php?t=13244

In future, I will cross post in here too if it's relevent to the regiment. I guess not everyone looks in the media section...

The man is truely a legend!!

Its true, he really has got a whole load of kills

Army binned sniping as an anachronism in the age of nuclear artillery. Royal didn`t.
The RM Snipers course is still number one. It`s where they all come, to learn how to do it proper SAS,Rangers, Delta, USMC Old Bill etc.

Well done the snipes though. Mister Forking Deadly!

There have been some legendary snipers over the years and my fave would have to be Gunny Carlos Hathcock. Amongst Chuck’s achievements, he is credited with the first ever point fifty sniper kill. He fitted a telescopic sight to a .50 cal Browning HMG , loaded a single round and took out a gook at nearly two and a half klicks in the Nam. His official body count was 93 but the unofficial tally is over three hundred.
He was badly burned and the USMC would not let him return to Viet Nam, so Chuck started the Scout/Sniper School at Qtico. And guess which course he used as his model? Carlos had a phrase he used about his targets, “You can run, but you’ll just die tired”
Check out his book “Marine Sniper”
Sadly the old Gunny passed over the bar in 1999 and he now teaches the noble art of sniping at Marine Camp Heaven’s Gate.



Here’s to him and those like him, Semper Fi

harry hackedoff wrote:Army binned sniping as an anachronism in the age of nuclear artillery. Royal didn`t.
The RM Snipers course is still number one. It`s where they all come, to learn how to do it proper SAS,Rangers, Delta, USMC Old Bill etc.

Well done the snipes though. Mister Forking Deadly!

There have been some legendary snipers over the years and my fave would have to be Gunny Carlos Hathcock. Amongst Chuck’s achievements, he is credited with the first ever point fifty sniper kill. He fitted a telescopic sight to a .50 cal Browning HMG , loaded a single round and took out a gook at nearly two and a half klicks in the Nam. His official body count was 93 but the unofficial tally is over three hundred.
He was badly burned and the USMC would not let him return to Viet Nam, so Chuck started the Scout/Sniper School at Qtico. And guess which course he used as his model? Carlos had a phrase he used about his targets, “You can run, but you’ll just die tired”
Check out his book “Marine Sniper”
Sadly the old Gunny passed over the bar in 1999 and he now teaches the noble art of sniping at Marine Camp Heaven’s Gate.



Here’s to him and those like him, Semper Fi

im onto it.

any mores recommendations on books about sniping would be appreciated.

paul.

Use google mate, there`s stacks out there and you can buy online
He really was that good btw
Sempers, Chuck. I`ll get the Coronas, Bud Oooraaagh

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GYSGT Carlos Hathcock: In His Own Words
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"One shot one kill." That's the sniper's creed. US Marine Gunnery Sergeant Carlos N. Hathcock became a military legend with 93 confirmed kills in Vietnam. Many others have written about the amazing feats of Carlos “White Feather” Hathcock in the past. The Hathcock biography "Marine Sniper" sold over a half million copies since it was first printed in 1986.
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Or many other similar pages. One fukcing good Marine in my opinion. Read his book

will do as soon as ive finished green eyed boys and eye of the storm.

id rather seek recommendations on books here than on google though.

I've read both those books they're very good, I really enjoyed both of them. Have you read Christian Jennings other book "mouth full of rocks" about his time in the Foreign Legion? Thats a good read too.

I think that Corporal McLaughlin should have received more recognition for his part in the battle, no matter what he did, the way he lead his section in that battle was really something to admire.

I have a friend who was in 5 platoon, b-company during the battle of mount Longdon and was in Scouse McLaughlin's section. He is as crazy as the book described him as aparently. But nevertheless, in the time of greatest need he showed extraordinary courage and bravery under enemy fire.

What a legend.

Alfa wrote:I've read both those books they're very good, I really enjoyed both of them. Have you read Christian Jennings other book "mouth full of rocks" about his time in the Foreign Legion? Thats a good read too.

I think that Corporal McLaughlin should have received more recognition for his part in the battle, no matter what he did, the way he lead his section in that battle was really something to admire.

i actually read green eyed boys about nine or ten years ago initially, as i was prepping myself to join the parachute regiment. somehow, a mate who joined up a few months before me persuaded me into following him into the greenjackets.

im just wondering what id be doing now if id done what id always wanted and joined the paras nine years ago.



ive just picked up a book in liverpool about a legionaire called the naked solder, and probably next is the one about paras/rmp at najaf.

Naked Soldier? Guy summat? Top read Paul

harry hackedoff wrote:Naked Soldier? Guy summat? Top read Paul

ive actually been thinking . . . . this last five years ive been a civvie . . . . i could have done a stint in the legion in that time and has as much to show for it, except id have some better stories to tell people in the pub.

christ, ive just blown five years of my life and done nothing worth doing with it.

Guy Sajer was the bloke.
Paul, don`t knock yerself out mate. What`s past is past, learn from it.
Eyes on the Prize mate, and for you that`s getting past P-Coy.
You can and you will, nothing else matters mate
Have a few in the Pen and Wig for me will you
And the Hanover

Harry, just some info for you. It's £4.25 for a pint of Guiness in the "Two Trees", or is it the "Two Firs".