Army Times ran this picture yesterday with this caption:
"A sniper from Charlie Company, 5th Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 20th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division looks for targets as he heads to Samarra in support of Operation Arrowhead Blizzard."
JShirley, did the snipers in 2d ID use M21s when you were there? The M21 was so scarce back in the '80s that most units still had the M1D in their arms rooms. I'd bet that this is an M14 the soldier put a scope on. Any other guesses?
Jeff
"A sniper from Charlie Company, 5th Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 20th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division looks for targets as he heads to Samarra in support of Operation Arrowhead Blizzard."
JShirley, did the snipers in 2d ID use M21s when you were there? The M21 was so scarce back in the '80s that most units still had the M1D in their arms rooms. I'd bet that this is an M14 the soldier put a scope on. Any other guesses?
Jeff