5 Things You Don't Know About: Sniper Rifles

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  • @SS-fy6hk
    @SS-fy6hk 8 лет назад +2532

    6. Snipers are extremely deadly when doing 360s in mid-air

    • @lowkey3921
      @lowkey3921 8 лет назад +33

      Get no scoped.

    • @fabricioferrer9662
      @fabricioferrer9662 8 лет назад +23

      Omg 360 noscope

    • @kudryavkavolkov5171
      @kudryavkavolkov5171 8 лет назад +4

      +Bill Clinton pfff another try hard gamer

    • @redfox644
      @redfox644 8 лет назад +8

      Omg 360 NSCPE MLG PRO 20XX X XX XXX 333
      333
      333 ILLIUMINIDATI

    • @kstanni87
      @kstanni87 8 лет назад +2

      +Bill Clinton It is illogical to swinf them in real life, weapons like the barrett are heavier than they look.

  • @jamesashford6111
    @jamesashford6111 3 года назад +115

    I served from 89-93’. I used the M-21 and then transitioned to the M-24. Never killed anyone. Just trained like hell all the time. Not all of us who did this training has glorious stories to tell. BUT we were there if the army needed us. Just so happened my skills were not needed. It is what it is. Cheers!

    • @ozarkexplorations7221
      @ozarkexplorations7221 3 года назад +7

      I am honored to say we still thank you for your service

    • @samhunt9380
      @samhunt9380 3 года назад +2

      Never say never James, in these uncertain times......just keep your powder dry......I do.....

    • @michaelmuzzy8401
      @michaelmuzzy8401 3 года назад

      85-93 was 11c . same here

    • @mvnorsel6354
      @mvnorsel6354 3 года назад +1

      You are lucky you never killed anyone, could really ' mess ' with your head.

    • @benjamindover7399
      @benjamindover7399 3 года назад +2

      You don't buy insurance because you expect to have a wreck, you buy it for the peace of mind.

  • @andyprice8067
    @andyprice8067 6 лет назад +133

    class of 1967 M14 10 rounds in the 9 and 10 ring 9" bull at 500 yds peep sights , NO RANGE FINDER OR SPOTTER , standing operating procedure
    SEMPER FI

    • @lonloren2317
      @lonloren2317 5 лет назад +2

      The M 21 worked well.

    • @jamesfountain8616
      @jamesfountain8616 5 лет назад +4

      Same here. Only fun I had in boot camp! Semper Fi.

    • @kennymiller4428
      @kennymiller4428 4 года назад +3

      1979 platoon 2041 M16 steel sights heart shots at 500 meters
      OOH RAHH

    • @jimpeters3578
      @jimpeters3578 4 года назад

      Parris Island June 1973 M14 Semper Fi Bro EXPERT

    • @fredrickmillstead6397
      @fredrickmillstead6397 4 года назад +1

      Ditto here. 1968 platoon high shooter. Edison range was just freaking fun.

  • @benasmus4676
    @benasmus4676 8 лет назад +696

    Simo Hayha got over 500 kills only using the metal sights, try telling him that the gun matters

    • @TheLordCronous
      @TheLordCronous 8 лет назад +35

      Ben Asmus and if he had a gun as inaccurate as a musket hiw many would he have. the weapon needs the right barrel length and rifling to make a distant shot with enough force to kill, other than that its the person.

    • @hrbestalkinme3690
      @hrbestalkinme3690 8 лет назад +17

      Ben Asmus the gun has to be capable of consistent group sizing. If the rifle cant make a group smaller than 2 feet at 200 yards, you will not be able to consistently hit the target with it. exaggerated example, but you get the point

    • @Gnomleif
      @Gnomleif 8 лет назад +3

      Apparently the bog standard M/28-30 (finnish version of the Mosin-Nagant rifle) he used had just the right barrel length.

    • @hrbestalkinme3690
      @hrbestalkinme3690 8 лет назад +16

      Gnomleif Finnish Nagants are fully capable of sufficient accuracy for a sniper. People act like all snipers are extreme-long-range precision shooters. They're not! They need to be pretty good at a wide variety of things before precision shooting even becomes a factor.

    • @DeerLodgeBlog
      @DeerLodgeBlog 7 лет назад +8

      A musket by definition is NOT a rifle...So that is not an apples to apples comparison.

  • @ShortGuy1792
    @ShortGuy1792 9 лет назад +1023

    Is anyone else completely unimpressed with that first fact? I'm pretty sure anyone familiar with the .50 BMG already knew it could penetrate a cinder block and a hell of a lot more.

    • @alexadey1563
      @alexadey1563 9 лет назад +3

      That's what I was thinking pretty sure a 50 againt cinder block would just smash it to bits rather then just penatrate it pretty sure the system there talking about was made to go through steel lol

    • @GoingCoastal228
      @GoingCoastal228 9 лет назад +11

      They were talking about a specific type of ammunition. The raufoss mk 211 ammo type is basically a 12.7mm grenade shot from a M107. The projectile travels fast enough through the cinderblocks for it to detonate on the other side covering everything in shrapnel.

    • @Sure_You_Betcha
      @Sure_You_Betcha 9 лет назад +3

      i'm unimpressed with the fact that the stuff they said in here is immature at best, the m25 quote on quote sniper rifle whats iraqveteran8888 "what is a sniper rifle?" obviously is a modified version of the M14.

    • @knallpistolen
      @knallpistolen 9 лет назад +3

      ye, that raufoss ammo for the m107 is norwegian made, probably the only interresting fact.

    • @jk47mvp
      @jk47mvp 9 лет назад +14

      I was quite disappointed with pretty much all the facts tbh.

  • @simoneldaoud7846
    @simoneldaoud7846 9 лет назад +82

    Captain here, sniping started in the early 1800s, also known as the Napoleonic era, when the rifle was invented. If you didn't know, a rifle was a musket that instead of being smooth-bore, had grooves inside the barrel so that the bullet would spin and be more accurate which is called rifling. So technically, a pistol is a rifle because it has rifling. Also, when came rifles came snipers however in that time they were called sharpshooters. The Prussians and Austrians had ''Jaëgers'' while the french had ''chasseurs'', both of these terms translate to ''hunters'' in English. Also, the British named their snipers ''The Green Jackets'' because they wore green, obviously. It is unsure what country first used snipers, but it is either Great Britain, Austria or Prussia (Now known as part of Germany)
    *Flies away*

    • @orlock20
      @orlock20 9 лет назад +1

      One has to define what a sniper is. To me it's a scout that gathers military intelligence and picks off targets at ranges high priority targets that exceed the range of the common fighter. Usually they were called assassins, ninjas or spies.

    • @MoiPloy
      @MoiPloy 9 лет назад +1

      precisely ... then later that era there was an event called sniping or soo called Trying to hit a bird called Sniper.. and the sniper theme was born.... i dont know if it true but what the heck

    • @peterforden5917
      @peterforden5917 9 лет назад +2

      Got That
      snipe not sniper :) an english game bird, its the english term, and its quite a small bird.

    • @MoiPloy
      @MoiPloy 9 лет назад +1

      peter forden
      thankyou for in-lighting me

    • @peterforden5917
      @peterforden5917 9 лет назад +3

      Got That
      wow that was quick :) a web sniper :D

  • @cspace1234nz
    @cspace1234nz 5 лет назад +97

    I think David was the first sniper when he dropped Goliath !!

    • @cyrilsingh3465
      @cyrilsingh3465 3 года назад +4

      What a great comment. I needn't read anything else. You made my day!!

    • @jesusloveus4299
      @jesusloveus4299 3 года назад

      Yeah

    • @babyjesusbutplug
      @babyjesusbutplug 3 года назад

      I think they are after a historically accurate and demonstratable answer.

    • @cspace1234nz
      @cspace1234nz 3 года назад +2

      @@babyjesusbutplug ...hey this is RUclips, this is not where you come for anything "historically accurate and demonstratable"

    • @babyjesusbutplug
      @babyjesusbutplug 3 года назад

      @@cspace1234nz my mistake,

  • @JuhaEerikki
    @JuhaEerikki 4 года назад +275

    RUclips: " a sniper must have excellent optics!"
    Simo Häyhä: "Hold my beer."

    • @DelawareDevil
      @DelawareDevil 4 года назад +7

      Simo Hayha used iron sights only.

    • @marcelpavlin7708
      @marcelpavlin7708 3 года назад +6

      @@DelawareDevil thats the point

    • @mikespence8956
      @mikespence8956 3 года назад

      SOID! THE! M10! SOID! EXCELLENCE!!! FOCALS!!!

  • @yellowbluerc5047
    @yellowbluerc5047 9 лет назад +175

    funny how some of the guns they show are designated marksman rifles and not sniper rifles

    • @yellowbluerc5047
      @yellowbluerc5047 9 лет назад +17

      YellowBlue RC for all of the cod guys there, yes there is a diffrence

    • @yellowbluerc5047
      @yellowbluerc5047 9 лет назад +4

      nguyen danny kind of but not entirely as snipers work in 2 man teams and dm`s will walk with the rest of their squad

    • @DETHREAPER11
      @DETHREAPER11 9 лет назад

      YellowBlue RC They're basically just snipers that are move with the squad rather than the emplaced nature of a sniper. Yes the rifle they use'd be different, but the idea's the same, accuracy at what's considered long range.

    • @yellowbluerc5047
      @yellowbluerc5047 9 лет назад

      DETHREAPER11 yep " Yes the rifle they use'd be different, but the idea's the same"

    • @FlowcastYT
      @FlowcastYT 9 лет назад

      YellowBlue RC I ran with a few snipers that were in my unit, I used a 240 most of the time, and occasionally the 249 depending on the situation. But Yeah, I knew plenty of men that were snipers running and gunning with combat infantry like myself. So Yeah I guess you can call me a spotter too haha.

  • @coxfuture
    @coxfuture 9 лет назад +166

    if you dont know a .50 BMG can go through a cinderblock, you probably dont know what 660gr means or what a "seven six two" is

    • @Ratkill9000
      @Ratkill9000 9 лет назад +5

      7.62 is still the wrong measurement for that round...it is technically 7.83mm.

    • @Ratkill9000
      @Ratkill9000 9 лет назад +2

      Unless NATO changes its nomenclature on the caliber. Won't happen but still.

    • @GuitarGuy0008
      @GuitarGuy0008 9 лет назад +6

      Ratkill9000 and obviously you don't realize that almost EVERY cartridge, whether metric or standard, experiences this phenomenon.

    • @Ratkill9000
      @Ratkill9000 9 лет назад +2

      GuitarGuy0008 You must be an idiot to think that I already do not know this.

    • @GuitarGuy0008
      @GuitarGuy0008 9 лет назад +5

      Ratkill9000 haha, yes, because intelligence is measured by my knowledge or lack thereof of YOUR personal knowledge bank. Ignorance is sadly rampant in today's society. You should note that YOUR comment made reference to the 7.62 being actually a different size as if this were some sort of abnormality, whereas my comment pointed out that this is not the case.

  • @MrS22222
    @MrS22222 8 лет назад +804

    America began targeting officers during the revolutionary war, it was considered barbaric by British standards. Effective in other words.

    • @thewfmanray6135
      @thewfmanray6135 8 лет назад +9

      Very true

    • @robertball4143
      @robertball4143 8 лет назад +15

      Idk i think those would be more considered as marksman the first country to have a sniping program by name or at least translated as this was germany durring wwII

    • @shackerslade3215
      @shackerslade3215 8 лет назад +10

      very right. that can be depicted and seen in a scene of the movie THE PATRIOT the war between the brits and americans were in a charge the person leading the charge shoots a british officer before he can allow the command to fire

    • @J4NN3K
      @J4NN3K 8 лет назад +11

      not wrong - but what about the group of extra ordinary marksmen in the US civil war ... they were trained on one specific rifle named after its inventor, ... i gotta do some research but I'd say US Civil War Confederate Marksmen and after that, German infantrists in WW-I must have been the first "Snipers" so to speak

    • @MrS22222
      @MrS22222 8 лет назад +12

      J4NN3K​ yep, we figured out that snipers were an asset during the revolutionary war. It was kind of our way to out force the enemy through guerrilla tactics. We had the Kentucky rifle, also know as the Pennsylvania rifle for 40 years before the war. We had a bunch of them reaching out to about minute of man at 500 yards. We used small groups armed with rifles instead of musket to target key individuals like officers, even we thought it to be barbaric but nessecary to win the war. So with a wide smile we created the first designated marksman groups, without a doubt some old school recon style sniper and spotters were armed with them. We had the technology, but it wasn't commonplace in 1775.

  • @whiterabit09
    @whiterabit09 5 лет назад +158

    5 Things You Don't need to Know About: Sniper Rifles

  • @yvanyvanovich4311
    @yvanyvanovich4311 8 лет назад +509

    Fakt 6: Quickscoping doesnt work

    • @squidwad6563
      @squidwad6563 8 лет назад +14

      Nor does the 360 noscope

    • @conorcasey2506
      @conorcasey2506 8 лет назад +17

      there is a tiny percent chance that if you did do a 360 noscope but it has a very high chance of failing

    • @RAZEEWSD
      @RAZEEWSD 8 лет назад +3

      it doesnt do the 420 swagscope meeh

    • @mrkiky
      @mrkiky 7 лет назад +6

      Fakt 7: Hardscoping is for skrabs

    • @3460broo
      @3460broo 6 лет назад +4

      thats not what my cod game says

  • @hskgrimm3459
    @hskgrimm3459 9 лет назад +7

    The verb "to snipe" originated in the 1770s among soldiers in British India where a hunter skilled enough to kill the elusive snipe was dubbed a "sniper". The term sniper was first attested in 1824 in the sense of the word "sharpshooter".

  • @MilitaryDotCom
    @MilitaryDotCom  9 лет назад +939

    The answer is Germany! #5ThingsYouDontKnow

    • @intheshapeofhuman
      @intheshapeofhuman 9 лет назад +24

      Are you sure this is correct? The U.S. had snipers in the civil war.

    • @intheshapeofhuman
      @intheshapeofhuman 9 лет назад +19

      In The Shape Of Human I ment Revolutionary War

    • @exodusxp8094
      @exodusxp8094 9 лет назад +36

      In The Shape Of Human it is true america first started "sniping" but they did not organize them as a group it was more just guys that wanted to do long range rather than get shot point blank

    • @kylemeyer7849
      @kylemeyer7849 9 лет назад +11

      ***** me too I said but i said Russia

    • @IAMDIMITRI
      @IAMDIMITRI 9 лет назад +35

      Germans used snipers with their superior scoped rifles. Russians trained snipers to counter that tactic and evolved into having 2 people functioning as a sniper unit. Also they made better sniper weapon later on =)

  • @sbox197
    @sbox197 8 лет назад +867

    A sniper makes a rifle a sniper rifle.

    • @jmax.6587
      @jmax.6587 7 лет назад +13

      my point a rifle isnt going to snipe some one

    • @okad_das
      @okad_das 7 лет назад +8

      Chris Ragsdale a rifle makes a sniper a sniper rifle )

    • @justindiehl7272
      @justindiehl7272 6 лет назад +7

      Technically speaking a sniper rifle is definitely a long range precision rifle that was made to kill people, not animals, and used by a Sniper as you basically stated....except for a few exceptions. For example, the mosin nagant 91/30 is actually considered a sniper rifle. It was designed to kill people and had no other design purposes at the time other than killing people as well as at the time it was a precision long range rifle that was used by snipers and though a certified sniper may not use them today they are actually in all definitions a sniper rifle due to the characteristics and original purposes. It was also used by some of the most dangerous snipers in the world.

    • @pepperoni-prepper
      @pepperoni-prepper 6 лет назад +3

      pretty sure half the rifles were DMR, not sniper anyway

    • @AGMartinez
      @AGMartinez 6 лет назад +1

      And green tips

  • @Assassin333
    @Assassin333 5 лет назад +42

    Sniper in fact in the beginning (years 1700-1800) was the nickname that a skilled hunter would get if he was able to shoot a snipe (a kind of a small bird ) from the distance of 30 meters The hunters that proven themselves to be snipers were recruited by the army in the 1800s with the only purpose to shoot and kill high ranked officers and to bring down the enemy morale. So in the 1800s i think that the man as a "sniper" was far more valuable than the hunting rifle he used.

  • @Tommy1977777
    @Tommy1977777 9 лет назад +16

    the British if i recall. with the past time of "snipe" hunting, it was thought that with the slower ammunition of the day that a person who could successfully hit the bird called a Snipe was then referred to as a "Sniper". The Snipe was an exceptionally fast bird.

    • @johnbassett3188
      @johnbassett3188 3 года назад +4

      I was born in the U.S.A. and all my life I had believed that ( Snipes ) were a ( Make Believe ) bird , every time my Father and his friends would go out ( Snipe ) hunting they never found or shot any , But sure did come home Drunk as Skunks , and I never understood How Skunks got the blame for being Drunks either !!!

    • @proudtennessean6152
      @proudtennessean6152 3 года назад +3

      Wasn’t it the Scottish who added the ghillie suit to the equation?

    • @Tommy1977777
      @Tommy1977777 3 года назад +1

      @@proudtennessean6152 Correct. They were Game Wardens who used the suits to ambush wolves. it was a tool used to hide from Wolves to protect the flock.

    • @patrickkruse3349
      @patrickkruse3349 3 года назад

      I recall this is an accurate statement.

  • @Pfletch83
    @Pfletch83 9 лет назад +50

    Germany had an ongoing sniper school from WW1 on through to WW2 ......but the British actually coined the term "Sniper"

    • @splinter2121
      @splinter2121 9 лет назад +1

      +Pfletch83 YR THE GUY WHO TALKED ON japan vids hahaha wowo you talk a lot about guns buddy

    • @Pfletch83
      @Pfletch83 9 лет назад +1

      splinter2121 Yeah I'm a gun geek and a bit of a history buff.

    • @Pfletch83
      @Pfletch83 9 лет назад +1

      ***** But a Sniper by any other name is still just as deadly. And factually the snipe was the name of a wary and hard to spot native bird of India if I remember correctly.

    • @TheTexastim
      @TheTexastim 9 лет назад +1

      was it not Scotland to be specific ? The royal gamekeepers ( third generation ) were the first to train in long distance shooting back to the empire days .Redcoats would be taking to Scotland and taught how to stalk and shoot deer from long distances ? I'm not sure but my readings came to that conclusion

    • @ionise
      @ionise 9 лет назад +4

      +Martin Watts This is true I was told this by my co from 3rd para the term sniper is from the Scottish game keepers who used home made ghillie suits to hunt birds called Snipe

  • @hannahloves6138
    @hannahloves6138 8 лет назад +56

    5 Really Obscure Facts You Probably Don't Know About American Sniper Rifles

  • @mostlymessingabout
    @mostlymessingabout 9 лет назад +457

    This is obviously very US centric. The Dragunov SVD was designed as a semi-automatic sniper rifle decades before the M110.

    • @cwtoyota
      @cwtoyota 9 лет назад +44

      +Thanh Tran Further, the M110 is not a "ground up" or groundbreaking design. It is heavily based on the Mk-11 rifle system which has been in use by the Navy and USMC for many years.The writer(s) of this video are somewhat misinformed on several "facts".

    • @primeslayer6673
      @primeslayer6673 9 лет назад +21

      +Thanh Tran The svd is a dmr not a sniper tho

    • @mostlymessingabout
      @mostlymessingabout 9 лет назад +23

      Prime Slayer nor is the M110

    • @impr0vise144
      @impr0vise144 9 лет назад +13

      +Thanh Tran You are forgetting the fact that the SVD was based on the AK weapons platform

    • @primeslayer6673
      @primeslayer6673 9 лет назад

      Thanh Tran
      Well yeah i guess

  • @Drrolfski
    @Drrolfski 8 лет назад +68

    After the Second Boer War, Great Britain was the first military to officially adopt a sniper unit, which was a Scottish Highland regiment.

    • @BMH1965
      @BMH1965 7 лет назад +3

      Shaykh Yerbouti you are wrong about the french cutting off the fingers of captured archers - it is a myth without any historical fact.

    • @smethyj39
      @smethyj39 6 лет назад +1

      @@BMH1965 the Welsh cut of the fingers of English bowman

    • @Kiwionwing
      @Kiwionwing 5 лет назад +2

      Was thinking was the afrikaners but they would have just been good single shots

    • @chriscary4074
      @chriscary4074 5 лет назад

      Disagree, they may have used sniper rifles however they really had no concept of how to use it differently from standard rifle. The first military to PROLIFICLY adopt use and TRAIN snipers AS snipers was Germany just befor and during ww1

    • @mheb6370
      @mheb6370 5 лет назад +1

      Actually the Americans were using snipers with rifles that were better than any others on the battlefield at the time to take out British command from distances the British weren't able to return small arms fire to any effect during the Revolutionary War in the 1770's.

  • @davecowan6665
    @davecowan6665 5 лет назад +41

    Well ........There’s 5:41 of My Life I’ll Never Get Back !

  • @teektalon3310
    @teektalon3310 5 лет назад +219

    The title should read : 5 things my dad taught me when I turned 12 years old. 🤪🤣

    • @eog5038
      @eog5038 3 года назад +1

      So, your dad had you shooting 660 grain .50 caliber ammo when you turned 12 years old?

    • @teektalon3310
      @teektalon3310 3 года назад

      @@eog5038 Yup EOG, it's the truth. I'm 58yrs old. My dad fought in WWII, grew up in the great depression. I did in fact "help" him build his .50 cal Hawken rifle when I was 11. I was not allowed to fire it til age 12. Edit: l dont know the bullet weight.

    • @davetrani513
      @davetrani513 3 года назад +1

      ...I was 9...

    • @sawyerhuff7316
      @sawyerhuff7316 3 года назад +1

      i be knowin dat since i was 4

    • @teektalon3310
      @teektalon3310 3 года назад

      @@sawyerhuff7316 Luv u young lady.❤💪🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @guybucknell4481
    @guybucknell4481 6 лет назад +354

    * *Random unimpressive facts about american sniper rifles* *

    • @gunslinger1824
      @gunslinger1824 5 лет назад +2

      Bah. It’d be same thing for for all militaries

    • @DavidGomezRgr3_75
      @DavidGomezRgr3_75 5 лет назад +1

      Tac.338 2 1/2 mile shot. That's an impressive American rifle

    • @jaxx9971
      @jaxx9971 3 года назад +2

      @@DavidGomezRgr3_75 Canada: Let me introduce myself

  • @MadMarcus66
    @MadMarcus66 8 лет назад +318

    Well. This has got to be the most boring top 5 ever. Better called: 5 things you dont need to know about: Sniper Rifles

    • @moritzreinhold3608
      @moritzreinhold3608 8 лет назад +5

      How about... The M82 is not a sniper rifle and putting 12.7x99 into people is a huge waste of money? 'Cause not a lot of people seem to know that

    • @philipmartin2123
      @philipmartin2123 6 лет назад

      Marcus C yea I agree and what's worse is the five thousand kids commenting about cod as if that's an accurate representation of real life

    • @hananali2968
      @hananali2968 6 лет назад

      true and smart

    • @cliffords2315
      @cliffords2315 6 лет назад +1

      Its a Made for TV thing, you know how they are

    • @DYLANJJK94
      @DYLANJJK94 6 лет назад +2

      Yeap, They might as well said that artillery is deadly to the sinper....

  • @Jollyyy_
    @Jollyyy_ 8 лет назад +34

    So at which point is "5 Things You Don't Know About: Sniper Rifles" at?

    • @thatonefruitthatistasty708
      @thatonefruitthatistasty708 8 лет назад

      +MeltDown Gaming some people*

    • @owencraber3690
      @owencraber3690 8 лет назад +1

      Ikr I'm really confused

    • @duszak9923
      @duszak9923 8 лет назад +1

      +JollyShot are or where you a sniper in the military. Obviously these two other people don't understand that you know a lot about snipers (taking a guess because of what you said).

  • @stewarttomkinson3356
    @stewarttomkinson3356 Год назад +1

    On the last one I did not here you mentioned the round is it the 338 Lappula

  • @Middlestepofficial
    @Middlestepofficial 9 лет назад +34

    The main thing nobody knows about snipers is that real snipers actually rarely shoot

    • @derekwhipple8419
      @derekwhipple8419 9 лет назад +1

      Bruno Dzogovic depends on the situations and what era the war is taking place.

    • @cannack
      @cannack 9 лет назад +2

      Bruno Dzogovic trust me they do shoot, rob furlong a canadian sniper who currently hold second longest kill shot used all his canadian issued ammo in about 2 weeks. thats ALOT
      now if there is no activity or he/she is under orders to not fire, thats a different story

    • @Middlestepofficial
      @Middlestepofficial 9 лет назад

      Of course, that's idiomatic expression, although many times snipers have "recon and report" missions.

    • @Feriin
      @Feriin 9 лет назад

      Dassault Aimpoint Didn't he get that kill shot by using some hand made ammo from a U.S. sniper?
      Don't get me wrong it's impressive, just thought I saw this on some video, he was out of ammo and U.S. troops were the first ones to resupply them.

    • @sodeloutdoors8047
      @sodeloutdoors8047 9 лет назад

      Yes it was with American made ammunition

  • @Hairysteed
    @Hairysteed 8 лет назад +41

    "The M25 is actually an upgraded M14"
    How is this supposed to be a thing we don't know?!

    • @butternutbestboy1251
      @butternutbestboy1251 4 года назад

      And why do we need to know it

    • @whateverthefuck2
      @whateverthefuck2 3 года назад

      What is an m24 then

    • @domo7415
      @domo7415 3 года назад

      @@whateverthefuck2 M24 is a completley different gun

    • @whateverthefuck2
      @whateverthefuck2 3 года назад

      @@domo7415 yea but its m so

    • @dolphinshooter2871
      @dolphinshooter2871 2 года назад +1

      What you don't know, and what they don't mention is that the M25 is heavy as hell. Ergonomically awful, and not really that accurate by precision standards. We made a huge mistake not choosing the FAL as our gun instead of the M14 back in the day. The M25 is just an M14 stuffed into an aluminum chassis made by EBR. They look badass! After owning one and shooting it, I find it's just bad and I'm the ass for dropping almost 3k for it. I sold it and built an AR10 instead. That rifle is exceptional!

  • @TheAnsei
    @TheAnsei 9 лет назад +134

    Am I the only person who just heard 'AMERICA AMERICA FUCK EUROPEAN SNIPER RIFLES OR ANYTHING MOTHERFUCKING AMERICA WE THE BEST MERICEMERICAMERICA' for the whole video

    • @TheAnsei
      @TheAnsei 9 лет назад +10

      ***** Hm? Im sorry I cant hear you over the mountain of fucks I dont give

    • @TheAnsei
      @TheAnsei 9 лет назад +3

      ***** I was just commenting on a video, dont try to be some psychologist and read into it, that is all it is. I have no mental disability and you saying that is insulting both me and those with handicaps. Have you ever heard the terms 'joke' and 'hyperbole' before?

    • @JerryWatkinsMrRobot
      @JerryWatkinsMrRobot 9 лет назад +5

      I'm sure if you get the fuck off this American website and go to your own country's websites about your own country's snipers, you'll hear only how great your own country is.

    • @TheAnsei
      @TheAnsei 9 лет назад +6

      I think its about time i return to this post, can all the patriots please sit down, shut up and grow a brain cell or two to realise it was a joke in the first place. On a serious note on this 'debate' i just found it annoying it doesn't say 5 things you didn't know about *American Sniper Rifles*, Fair enough american network etc etc but I found it through suggestions so it annoyed me it didnt have more american lables to tell me i was going to hate it

    • @danjensen2112
      @danjensen2112 9 лет назад

      Daniel Stuart n,

  • @BrianRossman
    @BrianRossman 8 лет назад +17

    And the reason only the Mk12 uses 5.56 is that it is a crap round for a sniper. Too light to do any real damage at range. The fact it was so badly out ranged was one of the things that got the M110 developed as quickly as it did.

    • @raywells2858
      @raywells2858 3 года назад +1

      The Mk 12 is just fine when your in down town Fallujah fighting house to house and you need to pop a bad guy 200-300 yards down the road on a roof top and still light and handy enough to do CQB. At least I didnt have a problem with it. It worked as advertised!

  • @CorrieBergeron
    @CorrieBergeron 8 лет назад +70

    "Do not fire until you see the whites of their eyes."
    That was with iron sights. No scope.

    • @johnthomson8332
      @johnthomson8332 5 лет назад +3

      and no ammo

    • @sharonshaddix3287
      @sharonshaddix3287 4 года назад

      Andy Jackson, Battle of New Orleans.

    • @ninjastriker9128
      @ninjastriker9128 3 года назад +3

      Who said that?

    • @raisinggrainwoodworking
      @raisinggrainwoodworking 3 года назад +1

      And with a musket that was accurate to about 10 feet, lol

    • @davidconrad7218
      @davidconrad7218 3 года назад

      The US has wasted $1.27 Trillion in Afghanistan. Wasted 4,200 Americans and killed over 180,000 non combatants ; women and children and old men. Fuck these oath violating losers.

      The US military is unable to defeat tribes of illiterate goat herders who have NO Air Force, Navy or heavy guns.

      Those US fools who support the Unconstitutional invasions , occupations and mass murder are oath violating cowards.

      The US military are not only oath violating cowards, they are war criminals.

  • @poltem1
    @poltem1 9 лет назад +69

    0:50, it wont destroy a maus when its behind a cinderblock wall, so that is BS

    • @lucasbowen5892
      @lucasbowen5892 9 лет назад

      Proof? Cause they did.

    • @poltem1
      @poltem1 9 лет назад +3

      Look mate, the gun can pen 11mm thick armor at 45° angle. The maus has 220 at like 60° angle.

    • @alip82
      @alip82 9 лет назад +12

      +Lucas Bowen 75mm cannon will probably not penetrate a maus, I highly doubt a sniper rifle would come anywhere near penetrating a maus.

    • @gavinearls2935
      @gavinearls2935 9 лет назад +7

      +Slartibarfart Wot logic XD

    • @captainobvious1750
      @captainobvious1750 9 лет назад

      Yee

  • @Dovoline3
    @Dovoline3 8 лет назад +13

    Should probably rename it to "5 things you didn't know about: American sniper rifles". There's nothing really here about sniper rifles in general and things the general public might not know about them, for example, that the M107 .50 Anti-materiel rifle actually makes a rather poor antipersonnel weapon at long range for the same reason it's so good against materiel at closer ranges - that huge shell has a lot of drag and its performance falls off quickly at range compared to the .300 Win Mag fired by the M24/M40, or the .338 Lap Mag fired by the famous L115 used by the British.

    • @addmeperson3986
      @addmeperson3986 5 лет назад

      did you mean, the .57 cal, bc the .50 BMG actually is an amazing long range anti personnel round? just wondering

    • @mikespence8956
      @mikespence8956 3 года назад

      SOID! THE! M10!

  • @joedenizen
    @joedenizen 5 лет назад +6

    Any time the title is something like "5 things you didn't know about X" I almost always assume otherwise. This proved to be no exception.

  • @MrPanos2000
    @MrPanos2000 9 лет назад +65

    theres a guy below saying that germans armed with m91/30 were the first "snipers".... i hope hes a troll

    • @MrPanos2000
      @MrPanos2000 9 лет назад +5

      David Gilde I think it might have been the german empire, but my comment was about the fact he said that germans had m91/30 rifles

    • @zoltancsikos5604
      @zoltancsikos5604 9 лет назад +6

      Snipers and Designated Marksmen both fall under the term Sharpshooter...

    • @BluntForceGenocide
      @BluntForceGenocide 9 лет назад

      MrPanos2000 What you mean they didn't use the Springfield? =O

    • @dorukturgut8657
      @dorukturgut8657 9 лет назад +2

      Germans or Nazis as of they were still there those days were the first ones to equip a Kar98 with a 8X magnification and take it on the battlefield.

    • @dorukturgut8657
      @dorukturgut8657 9 лет назад +2

      ***** My bad friend told me it was 8x now it appears to be it is the 4x Zf-41 scope that was used on it.

  • @buzzkillington9740
    @buzzkillington9740 8 лет назад +8

    He is totally omitting the idea and purpose between DMR's and using them synonymously with precision rifles (aka "Sniper" rifles). The MK12 isn't a sniper system, but rather a designated marksman rifle to give fire teams more versatility.

    • @JohnSmith-xv2ob
      @JohnSmith-xv2ob 8 лет назад

      +Buzz Killington False, the USN classifies the MK12 Special Purpose Rifle as a sniper system.

  • @tommyleesheils2061
    @tommyleesheils2061 8 лет назад +550

    So our British sniper, the L115a3, has gone through several upgrades, holds the worlds longest kill..... Twice, but you didn't care to mention it?

  • @christophergraham3160
    @christophergraham3160 3 года назад +1

    Great Britain. British troops stationed in India would often have impromptu shooting competitions between each other. Their target? A small bird known as a snipe (not to be confused with the "snipe hunt" prank). Anyone who could hit a snipe with a #2 British musket earned the moniker of "sniper".

  • @booxwee3804
    @booxwee3804 8 лет назад +264

    5 Thing you don't know about *american* sniper rifles*

    • @DYLANJJK94
      @DYLANJJK94 6 лет назад +1

      Yeap. Lol

    • @aaronwuensch9447
      @aaronwuensch9447 5 лет назад +6

      *American

    • @ahhbobsagget942
      @ahhbobsagget942 5 лет назад +2

      @@aaronwuensch9447 well fixed.

    • @MrCosmin94
      @MrCosmin94 4 года назад +1

      United States sniper rifles*

    • @LukE-og9jf
      @LukE-og9jf 4 года назад

      Well obviously America is the only country that exists to the internet

  • @Skycoat
    @Skycoat 9 лет назад +53

    But the mk12 and the m110 technically aren't snipers. The would be classified as designated marksman rifles

    • @whisperchainsaw102
      @whisperchainsaw102 9 лет назад +2

      wilsterdude123 what is a designated marsksman? What makes him different from a sniper? Why is he not a sniper? Is it really that big a deal that you call a dmr a sniper rifle.

    • @willstromquist2775
      @willstromquist2775 9 лет назад +9

      Catwithanm16 Designated Marksman use semi auto rifles that are used to around 600 yards. Scout Snipers use bolt action rifles that are capable of landing shots beyond 1000 yards.

    • @TomaszWota
      @TomaszWota 9 лет назад +3

      Will Stromquist It's not that simple of a distinction - SVD is pretty much designated marksman rifle, semi-automatic capable of engaging targets at 600-1300m with the PSO-1 sight.
      M82 is anti-materiel, sniper rifle, and it's semi-automatic too.

    • @willstromquist2775
      @willstromquist2775 9 лет назад

      Tomasz Wota The M82/A3/107A1 isn't a DMR. It's a purpose built anti materiel rifle. Sure, it's semi automatic, but it uses the .50 BMG cartridge, which can operate at longer ranges and will, instead of just making a hole, completely dismember and almost cut someone in half. In terms of the SVD, what I was saying is: purpose built DMRs like the SVD, SR25, M39 EBR, etc are meant for filling the gap between infantry and a scout sniper. 200-600 yard engagements. DMRs are fitted with optics that usually max at 10x while sniper rifles are fitted with greater magnification optics for longer distance shooting.

    • @TomaszWota
      @TomaszWota 9 лет назад

      Will Stromquist
      > _The M82/A3/107A1 isn't a DMR. It's a purpose built anti materiel rifle._
      Huh? Let's see what I wrote:
      > _M82 is anti-materiel, sniper rifle, and it's semi-automatic too._
      And that additionally was in context of:
      > _It's not that simple of a distinction [...]_
      So I don't know where you got the idea that I wrote anything about M82 being DMR. *I specifically wrote it's an anti-materiel, sniper rifle*, juxtaposed it with SVD which while similarly semi-automatic is a DMR, to show that simple distinction of "semi-automatics are DMR, bolt action are sniper rifles" is incorrect.

  • @stevewarren4292
    @stevewarren4292 9 лет назад +7

    I could be wrong but I am pretty sure the M14 sniper rifle was the M21, not M25, unless that's a totally different system I'm not aware of.

    • @alex12ray
      @alex12ray 9 лет назад +1

      The M21 was developed in the late 60s as an accurized M14. The M25 was developed in the early 90s as basically a product improved M21. What they show in this video is the Mk14 or maybe the M39

    • @shotout101
      @shotout101 9 лет назад

      The M21 is a Off the rack National Match scoped, The M25 is a barreled action in a different stock system for sniping.

    • @stevewarren4292
      @stevewarren4292 9 лет назад +2

      As a former high-power service rifle competitor, that's what I remember as the M21, a scoped National Match M14. They said they were a pretty good medium range sniper rifle back in the day.

    • @wickedclown7675
      @wickedclown7675 9 лет назад

      m21 m25 both use double lugged recivers and have better quality barrels than the m14

    • @bucket415
      @bucket415 9 лет назад

      Alexandro Raymundo
      Looked like an M39 to me.

  • @ElNarros
    @ElNarros 3 года назад +5

    I found the first fact amazing. So basically all one needs to destroy a tank or warship (or anything else) is to put a cinderblock in front of it and shoot it with an M107. Just got to work out a way to get a cinderblock close enough.

  • @SaltyR
    @SaltyR 9 лет назад +56

    2:58 To meet this need in the UK, we used Javelins.

    • @sentineloffreedom
      @sentineloffreedom 6 лет назад +2

      IAmSomewhatAwesome a bit more expensive per shot... but oh boy, very effective!

  • @tomelder2358
    @tomelder2358 6 лет назад +11

    Wow. After reading several of the comments here, I quickly realized just how really common and plentiful sniper experts really are! :-/

  • @govindaananda1295
    @govindaananda1295 8 лет назад +6

    mk12 was the first semi auto sniper rifle use 5.56? the sg550 sniper rifle was introduced before 2000's. it has sniper rifle accesories like bipod, sniper scope, free floated barrel, match grade trigger, adjustable cheek rest and it use 5,56, and mk12 released after 2000's

    • @breymantis
      @breymantis 8 лет назад

      Govinda Ananda but thats not american made m8

    • @DevilbyMoonlight
      @DevilbyMoonlight 6 лет назад

      strangely enough back in the late '80s as much as I loathed the weapon, when we changed over to the L86 LSW ,it was extrordinarily accurate, when these were new getting 5 shot groups inside a 20p piece at a 100m was childs play on a still day with standard ammo, however a robust & reliable weapon it was not... one thing that used to give me concern was the fact that on a 'make safe' the ejected round would have a substantial dint on the primer

  • @jackrusselloutdoors8307
    @jackrusselloutdoors8307 3 года назад +1

    A little late on comments but my daughter at the time was 12 14 now has her mile certificate with a $500 rifle she out shot 7 marines in the sniper school that day with rifles that we could never afford or dream of having the range master that day wouldn't let them forget it all day long

    • @MarkTerzano
      @MarkTerzano 3 года назад

      Funny!!! Great for your daughter.

  • @BartSch1pper
    @BartSch1pper 8 лет назад +16

    "5 Things you don't know about sniper rifles because they are so specific that you won't remember them anyway but are still interesting to watch"

  • @hughgrection1935
    @hughgrection1935 8 лет назад +102

    6. If your kill isn't followed by at least 5 minutes of extreme hysteria, is it even a trick shot?

    • @louimcdonald1223
      @louimcdonald1223 8 лет назад +1

      I think I've met you before

    • @r.k.1355
      @r.k.1355 6 лет назад +3

      I hit a 1080 from 253 feet away and nobody said shit. Then a guy hit a 360 from 50 feet and everyone lost their minds

    • @julioviloria3289
      @julioviloria3289 5 лет назад

      MOM GET THE CAMERA

    • @dannymcph
      @dannymcph 5 лет назад

      Robert Konicki llo

    • @CKr14
      @CKr14 5 лет назад +1

      @@r.k.1355 So cool dude. did this nigga just use "feet" to measure his trickshot?? lmao

  • @ProAverageGuy
    @ProAverageGuy 9 лет назад +15

    This video should be called, 0 Things You Don't Know About: Sniper Rifles.. And the answer on your question is, USA was the first to use sniping as a military skill year 1777 The American Revolutionary War :-)

    • @edmundcharles5278
      @edmundcharles5278 9 лет назад +2

      LifeIsShort SoHaveFun
      Good one! I concur- see my posting! It may even have gone back to he French-Indian War.

    • @stinkyfungus
      @stinkyfungus 9 лет назад +1

      Not quite, military sharpshooting with a rifled musket pre dates the revolutionary war by a fair margin. Sad to say the US did NOT invent the art of sniping... however we used it to very good effect during our revolution. The minuteman's weapon of choice the Pennsylvania or Kentucky long rifles which were derivitives of the German Jeager rifle, built of local materials and with design changes that reflected the unique hunting conditions of the american colonies. European skirmishers and scouts had been using rifles to kill from a distance for a while, however the practice was somewhat frowned upon by the generals of the time, as it was more cost effective to kill mass amounts of infantry by lining up and firing volleys... the precision shooting that a rifle was capable of, at the expense of longer load times and increased cleaning didnt fit with this... also it was somewhat taboo to specifically target officers... which is what a percision rifle is best used for. So the techniques of long range battlefield shooting were somewhat limited in European armys, and was mostly employed as a defensive tactic. The minuteman's rifle was not a military weapon... it was tool that was primarily owned to put game on the table, it however was capable of killing a man accurately and easily... 3 times the range that the standard smoothbore military musket could.
      The first rifle created as a military weapon expressly for long range shooting (sniping) was the british Baker rifle. It is said that the commander of the british sharpshooting unit, (a major if I recall correctly) armed with a baker actually had general Washington in his sights but chose not to take the shot because it was "ungentlemanly" the thing that set the colonists apart from military doctrine of the day was this: irregular milita colonists did not give a rats ass about the rules of chivalrous combat. They would target officers at the outset of most engagements if they could, basically this would ruin the english formations abillity to fight as a unit... which is how their infantry was trained. Unit discipline would be lost, The formation would break ranks... many would get picked off and then the unit would be routed. THAT fact alone is what pissed off the english...
      not that we were killing their infantry soldiers, but that we were slaughtering officers from over 200 yards out from cover. Other armies didn't do that.
      It was viewed as barberous and ungentlemanly.
      But, no we didnt "invent" the discipline of long range combat shooting... however, we adopted it, made it our own - and made great use of it.

    • @sombrnegr1386
      @sombrnegr1386 6 лет назад +1

      Wrong. Sniping (targeting enemy from a hidden position) began before muskets were even invented: Welsh longbowmen laying siege to French castles would hide behind trees/etc & terrorize the inhabitants into not peeking over the walls, because they were so accurate at long distances (compared to any weapon of the day). 5:19 he TOLD you it wasn't USA.

    • @sombrnegr1386
      @sombrnegr1386 6 лет назад

      +stinky The video does not ask "sharpshooting with a rifled musket"; re-watch 5:19. Doesn't need to be rifled, nor even a musket, to be the "skill" (quoting what he asked at 5:19) of "sniping" (not sharpshooting...).
      So you blathered for 10 paragraphs, without relevance since you FAILED to LISTEN to the Q.
      Oh, how I'd love to be your sargeant and ask you a simple question. :-)

  • @Anubis78250
    @Anubis78250 5 лет назад +8

    Should have started with ...
    There is no such thing as a 'sniper rifle', only a 'sniper's rifle'.

  • @phantomapprentice6749
    @phantomapprentice6749 8 лет назад +52

    This is maybe "5 things you don't know about : American sniper rifles" so the original title is misleading. There are plenty of other famous sniper rifles around the world for example Dragunov(SVD) , VSS vintorez, TAR-21 etc

    • @adamness5373
      @adamness5373 8 лет назад +2

      wasn't the tar-21 an AR platformed rifle, I may be wrong though as I am not well versed in em

    • @phantomapprentice6749
      @phantomapprentice6749 8 лет назад

      Adam Ness It is originally an assault rifle yes, with a sniper variant.

    • @adamness5373
      @adamness5373 8 лет назад

      +Phantom Apprentice are u talking about the dmr variant? like the star or something like that

    • @phantomapprentice6749
      @phantomapprentice6749 8 лет назад

      yes

    • @wordierneptune6121
      @wordierneptune6121 8 лет назад +3

      +Phantom Apprentice Isnt the tar 21 a bullpup carbine?

  • @WizzRacing
    @WizzRacing 8 лет назад +53

    Wait what... The British were the first to establish special trained units known as Sharp Shooter or Green Jackets in the Napoleonic War. they were also the first to produce a Purpose built sniper rifle....

    • @josuegarcia-tj8oc
      @josuegarcia-tj8oc 8 лет назад +6

      lol actually it was the german

    • @thebossanovaxx2855
      @thebossanovaxx2855 8 лет назад +1

      josue garcia it's was actually Neanderthal's

    • @ewetho
      @ewetho 8 лет назад +1

      Loup DeFer all those stupid rifles the British despised shooting their officers. hmm the Americans developed the disapline I do believe.

    • @chikenchasa
      @chikenchasa 8 лет назад +8

      the americans didn't develop shit. our army existed before your country did

    • @phoebe639
      @phoebe639 7 лет назад

      Gregory Anderson

  • @tkgus2408
    @tkgus2408 8 лет назад +5

    The SVD Dragunov was the first semi-auto sniper rifle developed from the ground up. The M110 is just another SR25; and the SR25 is based off the AR-15. The M110 is just an AR fan boy's wet dream that is passed off as a sniper rifle.

  • @TranceCore3
    @TranceCore3 3 года назад +1

    People were likely sniping with arrows and cross bows WAY before rifles were invented.

  • @rushthezeppelin
    @rushthezeppelin 8 лет назад +16

    "...delivers alot of punch for the dollar" I think he means alot of punch for the 5 dollars :D

  • @mangalone4095
    @mangalone4095 6 лет назад +5

    Fact # 1 (the order follows after, with less priority): shooting a paper or metal target down range is one thing; engaging the enemy in battle is whole new ball game... Consider that.

    • @koborkutya7338
      @koborkutya7338 3 года назад +1

      ...especially when the target bunch more or less spotted your position and is setting up mortar. Who gets faster?

  • @edl617
    @edl617 5 лет назад +4

    Well rounded training, Patience and a strong bladder makes a good sniper

    • @mikespence8956
      @mikespence8956 3 года назад

      SOID! THE! M10!

    • @frankedgar6694
      @frankedgar6694 3 года назад

      I disagree. The ability to put your sights on a man and kill him makes a sniper.

  • @hooshjames
    @hooshjames 8 лет назад +4

    Awesome to see the MK12 on the list. Picking mine up in about a month!

    • @matti3908
      @matti3908 8 лет назад +1

      Joshua James Only for self defense...

    • @hooshjames
      @hooshjames 8 лет назад

      WirresZeugs But of course!

    • @bushman8479
      @bushman8479 8 лет назад +1

      WirresZeugs no he is going to use it to snipe you in the shower lol what eles would he do with it

    • @Bos742
      @Bos742 8 лет назад +1

      So you are picking up an AR-15, essentially is all it is

    • @hooshjames
      @hooshjames 8 лет назад +3

      Bos742 Yeah, and a Bentley is essentially just a car.

  • @PenguinMasterKnight
    @PenguinMasterKnight 8 лет назад +127

    "One shot, one kill, that is the motto of Snipers"
    Unless you're a kid in CoD using a gun like the Drakon, "So many shots, one kill at a time", ya know, cause Developers these days don't know how Sniper Rifles are meant to be used, Hint: NOT LIKE AN AR.

    • @schilo1521
      @schilo1521 8 лет назад

      My life in one comment

    • @shbooo
      @shbooo 8 лет назад +3

      Ew cod... *pukes*

    • @PenguinMasterKnight
      @PenguinMasterKnight 8 лет назад +1

      MrTropicHD
      Mature.

    • @Bigevilfishy
      @Bigevilfishy 8 лет назад +1

      +Crimson_Shadow89 cod is a piece of shit. Get over it.

    • @PenguinMasterKnight
      @PenguinMasterKnight 8 лет назад +1

      Bigevilfishy
      Oh no I wasn't defending it so much as, laughing at the immaturity displayed, but hey, Internet is a security blanket to let you say whatever you want and prevent getting into trouble, huh?.

  • @commandershepherd8987
    @commandershepherd8987 8 лет назад +34

    The United States during the war Between the States (both Confederate and Union) had snipers that were equipped with exceptionally long rifled muskets and a very primitive optical sight. These snipers were capable of knocking an officer off his horse from a then unbelievable range of 900-1000 yards. During the battle of Shiloh several Confederate snipers made claims of confirmed kills that were between 900 and 950 yards.

    • @hughmungus3415
      @hughmungus3415 8 лет назад

      I hit shots from 2,000 meters in Dayz.

    • @TwazkemUSAbi
      @TwazkemUSAbi 8 лет назад +2

      +Gaming Cat Call of duty doesn't count.

    • @hughmungus3415
      @hughmungus3415 8 лет назад +2

      TwazkemUSAbi I didn't say on Call of Duty, I said DayZ. Yes, DayZ is a game.

    • @Ethanol2Go
      @Ethanol2Go 8 лет назад +4

      Hmm could be UK, Prussia or Austria all of them had sharpshooter regiments before napoleonic wars (1803-) started.
      Napoleon hated them, because he thought their fighting-doctrine is for cowards.

    • @Jpc1023
      @Jpc1023 8 лет назад +2

      johnathan silverthorne no it's Prussia

  • @derekstocker6661
    @derekstocker6661 3 года назад

    The British army used the Enfield 1853 Patt rifle to great effect in the Crimean war as an early form of sniping, they also used the Kerr and Whitworth (hexagonal bore) rifle as did the Americans in the American Civil war.
    Sniping is a fairly "new" occupation in military history and has been developed into an art especially in the last 100 or so years. Great video, thank you for this.

    • @jamiejoy2393
      @jamiejoy2393 2 года назад

      Wrong, the Enfield was dog shit and wasn't used to great effect, which is why the British army didn't take it up, the Whitworth hit 3 to 1 against the Enfield and the original sniper was born in 1857 with sniper optics being added the same year, hardly a newer used weapon like you describe.

  • @jackwang4150
    @jackwang4150 8 лет назад +28

    You better put that the Barret m107 and m82 rifles are not sniper rifles.

    • @jackwang4150
      @jackwang4150 8 лет назад +1

      K good

    • @kylehuxley4567
      @kylehuxley4567 8 лет назад +6

      +Jack Wang like it said in the video they were adopted as anti material rifles not sniper rifles.

    • @DarkGharren
      @DarkGharren 8 лет назад +5

      A rifle is exactly then, and only then, a "sniper rifle" if it is being used for sniping. Weapons specifically designated for long range accuracy are referred to as "precision rifles" or "marksman rifles". In other words, the M107 and M82 are sniper rifles, because snipers use them.

    • @jmax.6587
      @jmax.6587 7 лет назад

      the gun does have rifling does it ? it is very accurate is it not ? also the term sniper rifle is childish , a rifle isnt going to snipe some one , people need to think about what they are saying

  • @AlexHalt100
    @AlexHalt100 8 лет назад +27

    the germans. earliest begginings of precision marksmanship date back to the 15hundreds. first specifically designated marksman were intruduced in various german armys as early as the 18th century. se so called "jägertruppen" were equiped with rifles, not with muskets to deliver high accuary fire out of conceiled positions like woods. they were recruited mostly out of hunters (jäger means hunter in german) cause they were used to long distance precision fire. several princedoms adapted these men into there military formations.

    • @michaelfolger2071
      @michaelfolger2071 5 лет назад +1

      Richtig 😂 richtig 😂

    • @hectormontiel4741
      @hectormontiel4741 4 года назад +1

      They make good gunsmiths. Back in vietnam my uncle had a buddy who was a German gunsmith make him a rifle to smuggle in the war and use that instead of the standard issue ones the army was giving him.

    • @bobparvin9773
      @bobparvin9773 2 года назад

      That's exactly what Mr Philip Scrier said. He is an expert on this subject and I believe that you and he hit the nail on the head on this one.

    • @chloedevereaux1801
      @chloedevereaux1801 2 года назад

      no they fucking were not..... cartridge based rifle didn't exist in the 1700's.....

    • @AlexHalt100
      @AlexHalt100 2 года назад

      @@chloedevereaux1801 and what does one have to do with the other?

  • @__-zb5ot
    @__-zb5ot 8 лет назад +622

    thumbs down, I spend 5minutes watching this , where are the 5 things I didn’t know about ?

    • @johnfinner5890
      @johnfinner5890 8 лет назад +5

      right like where is the stuff that we didn't know that we couldn't just search up on our own.

    • @thatonefruitthatistasty708
      @thatonefruitthatistasty708 8 лет назад +26

      Cocky much

    • @ЮрийДолотказин-с4ы
      @ЮрийДолотказин-с4ы 8 лет назад +11

      5 Things You Don't Know About: Numbers. 1) 15129 is equal to 123 squared. 2) 13! / 2 = 3113510400 etc...

    • @theomendelson8212
      @theomendelson8212 7 лет назад +1

      don't you mean Napierial logarithm

    • @JRude88
      @JRude88 6 лет назад +3

      True, then they said the m110 was the only thing built from the ground up over and over, when it's based of the m4 and m16 profiles..

  • @jakem.1587
    @jakem.1587 3 года назад +1

    Where was the sniper rifle first used or whatever the question they didn't answer there at the end

  • @zoltancsikos5604
    @zoltancsikos5604 9 лет назад +48

    I'm pretty sure it was the Yanks who used Snipers first to shoot Brits. It pissed them off a lot, lol.

    • @chickenman1801
      @chickenman1801 9 лет назад

      Bøɲ Saɲders what the buck?

    • @chickenman1801
      @chickenman1801 9 лет назад +2

      Bøɲ Saɲders the brits made the first rifles....

    • @chickenman1801
      @chickenman1801 9 лет назад +1

      in the napoleonic wars...

    • @zoltancsikos5604
      @zoltancsikos5604 9 лет назад +3

      As far as I know, we Germans were the ones who invented Rifles. When Baker was designing the Baker Rifle he took a look at a Jäger Rifle. He couldn't have designed the first one if he had an example from Mainland Europe. Maybe it wasn't even us who designed the first Rifle. Maybe it was Russia or Austria.

    • @zoltancsikos5604
      @zoltancsikos5604 9 лет назад

      Tristan Lane What?

  • @KRYPTIA-mp4ol
    @KRYPTIA-mp4ol 5 лет назад +11

    I think the first snipers were Austrian “jagers” with strong air rifles, during the wars agains Napoleon

    • @pnonnymouse4840
      @pnonnymouse4840 3 года назад

      The term sniper was originated by hunters who used to be after the "snipe" birds as they were considered a hard target for hunters around the 1800's By this definition the first snipers were British hunters. As the term was used to describe an "excellent marksman" nothing to do with shooting people. Sniper being used to describe a military role was much later.
      The Jagers were a hunter or gamekeeper who might have in the past used a crossbow pre gunpowder, the jagers of the Austrians and other Germanic speaking states were usually a light infantry type. During the napoleonic wars.
      The early air rifles were powerful capable of man killing at well over 100 yrds several designs developed and used during the Napoleonic wars but were rarely if ever used by the armies due to the high cost of manufacture.
      The first sniper is open to debate depending upon your terms.
      Must they be an accurate shot , a man killer in a military organisation not a hunter ?
      Must they used a gunpowder weapon ? If not the David vs goliath might be the first recorded sniper kill.

    • @KRYPTIA-mp4ol
      @KRYPTIA-mp4ol 3 года назад

      @@pnonnymouse4840 i know that the name “sniper” came from the English hunters who tried to killed those birds.
      But in the military, the first snipers-if im not mistaken- i believe they were the Austrian “jägers” who served as light infantry in the napoleonic wars

    • @pnonnymouse4840
      @pnonnymouse4840 3 года назад

      @@KRYPTIA-mp4ol depends upon what you mean by sniper as stated .
      The debate upon who , what, how armed , and when the first "sniper" is/was depends upon how you define sniper.
      Lots of questions can a person be a thing before its defined/named ?
      What type of weapon does a sniper use ? Must it be a firearm? Must it be a rifled barrel?
      Using a broad dictionary definition its a military person who shoots from concealment at long range at individual targets, a sniper therefore might well be using a crossbow or other muscle powered weapon.
      Its an interesting academic debate.
      My personal opinion its a rifled firearm at long 500yrd trained military person marksmanship so around the 1850's either the crimea or the america civil with a formal definition of sharpshooter added to the ranks. Before this there might have been individuals who were marksmen but no formal military term denoting a body of men trained to shoot individual enemies at long range.

    • @KRYPTIA-mp4ol
      @KRYPTIA-mp4ol 3 года назад

      @@pnonnymouse4840 ok..
      I define “sniper” as the person who hits a target from a long distance , without being seen...

    • @pnonnymouse4840
      @pnonnymouse4840 3 года назад

      @@KRYPTIA-mp4olsure then the first sniper was just some pre history dude throwing a spear from a bush. Its just as valid as my own opinion.

  • @usmcsniper2310
    @usmcsniper2310 9 лет назад +6

    New title: Five things you already knew about sniper rifles" :)

  • @marksadler4104
    @marksadler4104 2 года назад

    Just came across this RUclips video, I have to comment. As a civvy who a long time ago came 2nd in mad minute at Bisley Trafalgar meet (UK)competition (a borrowed rifle .303 Martini Henry) I think I clocked about 15 rounds/minute 250 yards iron sights😃, I have to say I am so impressed with the comments and expertise coming through from all you guys. Please pardon the pun but I am blown away 😅. Best wishes...

  • @crazysithslave
    @crazysithslave 4 года назад +9

    5 things we already know from playing FPS's

  • @texashawk777
    @texashawk777 8 лет назад +6

    I think it was Britain. The word sniper I believe comes from the the Hunting of Snipes.

  • @Ye4rZero
    @Ye4rZero 9 лет назад +4

    This should be called "5 things that you won't really understand about sniper rifles, unless you know a fair bit about them, and therefore most likely knew these 5 anyway"

  • @moe5287
    @moe5287 6 лет назад +2

    6: If you do the 360 no-scope in mid air, the damage is 4 times bigger than a normal shots

  • @shinoasada2216
    @shinoasada2216 6 лет назад +7

    M107 Barrett Semi Auto .50 BMG is my favorite sniper System.

    • @KRYPTIA-mp4ol
      @KRYPTIA-mp4ol 5 лет назад +1

      Matyu Thm all serious sniper rifles, are bolt action

    • @thatguy22441
      @thatguy22441 4 года назад

      It has its uses, advantages and disadvantages. When it comes to shooting, you're always trading one thing for another. The M107 has a lot of range and power but it also weighs a lot and can be seen firing from a long, long distance. They also tend to be inaccurate. While an actual sniper rifle must be capable of MOA accuracy, the M107 usually has 2-3 MOA accuracy, making it a bad option for anti-personnel beyond 600 meters.

  • @DavidGomezRgr3_75
    @DavidGomezRgr3_75 5 лет назад +5

    Simo hyha. A Finnish sniper called the white death. 550 kills

  • @ford811
    @ford811 5 лет назад +9

    Us at the cutting edge of sniper systems lol.

  • @cliftonsuber
    @cliftonsuber 4 года назад +1

    7.62x51 is also a 308, not a 300 mag.

  • @PirateDuckTTNT
    @PirateDuckTTNT 6 лет назад +13

    When you know the “5 things you don’t know”

  • @mikhailtherussian146
    @mikhailtherussian146 9 лет назад +23

    Cool story, pretty sure the title is misleading , i was hoping to see something on the VSSK or OSV-96, or even the SVDM, not some crappy shit.

    • @GREECE5858
      @GREECE5858 9 лет назад +2

      same here

    • @DoggoWillink
      @DoggoWillink 9 лет назад +3

      Wrong channel bud, go search for others for that crappy shit.

    • @willstromquist2775
      @willstromquist2775 9 лет назад +3

      Mikhail The Russian How about the ASVK?

    • @calebmontoya1732
      @calebmontoya1732 9 лет назад +5

      Life isn't COD

    • @mikhailtherussian146
      @mikhailtherussian146 9 лет назад

      Will Stromquist Dude, that's anti-material i didn't want to include it, but yeah why not.

  • @Mizzle420420
    @Mizzle420420 9 лет назад +4

    The M110 is based on the AR10 which is based on the M16 so I wouldn't say it was designed from the ground up.

    • @bartb7790
      @bartb7790 7 лет назад +3

      Allmost right, the M16 is based on the AR10

  • @onegoodturngetsmostofthebl7499
    @onegoodturngetsmostofthebl7499 5 лет назад

    Case in point - most American sniper rifle cartridges were adopted from the already established commercial caliber market save the 50 Cal BGM. It’s been stated that the US Military is currently evaluating the 6.5 Creedmoor and possible other .308 variants for potential replacement of the enimic .556 round.

  • @xorkatoss
    @xorkatoss 9 лет назад +251

    booooooooooorriiingg, when are we gonna have plasma rifles??

  • @racerboy4
    @racerboy4 8 лет назад +4

    okay I will go with totally off this subject but dude that was some awesome grouping and you can shoot!!!!

  • @jonnybravo3055
    @jonnybravo3055 8 лет назад +12

    If I was a sniper I wouldn't want to use a 5.56 ? 7.62 all day

    • @iancraft100
      @iancraft100 8 лет назад +9

      to bad they give you ur sniper and you have to deal with it.

    • @sammmmyp
      @sammmmyp 8 лет назад

      +Ian Broadway dude do you know how the military works

    • @sammmmyp
      @sammmmyp 8 лет назад

      +Ian Broadway it's not we give you this

    • @iancraft100
      @iancraft100 8 лет назад +1

      Actually they give you the standard issue military gear for what you are doing and then you fit it for yourself at the firing ranges.

    • @89tonstar
      @89tonstar 8 лет назад +8

      Clearly you have never spent a a day humping 200 rounds of 7.62x51 through the mountains of Afghanistan. They arent stupid, they use what works, and the mk262 mod 1 fired out of a mk12 mod 1 has confirmed kills out to 800 yards. Specialized match grade ball 5.56 is far more potent then you realize.

  • @mcmoose64
    @mcmoose64 7 лет назад +1

    I think you will find that the Walther WA 2000 pre-dates the m110 as a ground up purpose built semi auto sniper rifle .

    • @chloedevereaux1801
      @chloedevereaux1801 2 года назад

      yes but its rarety and unparalleled failure rate stopped its use except for a special gsg9 police unit in the 80's

  • @XlarallUntang
    @XlarallUntang 5 лет назад +6

    “I don’t know” I knew everything...

  • @thelinz513
    @thelinz513 8 лет назад +6

    This video should be called 5 things you didn't know about: sniper rifles unless you were an actual sniper in the military. If you know the two primary missions of a sniper(if US Army) then you already knew these facts. As well as most squad designated marksmen had m14's. I know because they always came to us asking how to better their craft, side note shoot m80 ball which is designed for the m240 bravo and get better accuracy than the M1118 175 grain rounds that most snipers used ,because of the rifling difference between the two weapon systems the m80 ball works better with the M14 rather that shooting the higher grain M1118 rounds that is used in the M24. Good video if you know nothing about being a sniper or anything about sniper weapons, but shouldn't be a blanket term like thing you don't know about sniper rifles, for if you were a sniper you would already knows these things. Also for the love of God every one please get off the .50 cal barrett M107 it is garbage in actual use since it is a 3 MOA weapon. M24 is subminute way better. Yes the M107 can go father but good luck hitting t those further ranges with a 3 MOA weapon system, unless you're shooting a target the size of a house haha.

    • @Raptor302
      @Raptor302 8 лет назад

      +thelinz513 I'm (obviously) not a sniper. What's 3 MOA?

    • @thelinz513
      @thelinz513 8 лет назад +2

      +Raptor302
      3 moa or minutes of angle. Meaning at 100 meters your shot group should be with in three inches. Move out to 200 meters 6 inches 300 meters 9 inches and so on and so on. It is an area weapon not made for human targets more for anti vehicle. The M24 however is a sub minute weapon system mean all rounds will be less than an inch from each other at 100 meters. Most often those rounds will be touching if you have good fundamentals. And if you use one of those you probably are a sniper and would have good fundamentals. Your squad designated marksmen have M14's

    • @mawsonfamily3633
      @mawsonfamily3633 6 лет назад

      Good idea bud that title just rolls off the tongue huh

  • @OldManMontgomery
    @OldManMontgomery 6 лет назад +4

    #1 Yes, I knew about the penetration and destructive capability of the .50 BMG cartridge. No, I do not memorize current model numbers.
    #2 Yes, I knew about action lengths. I also know a fully loaded .300 Winchester Magnum will send the same bullet faster than the 7.62x51mm NATO, or send a heavier bullet notably faster than the NATO round.
    #3 Yes, I knew - and had expected - the M14 to be reused as the M16 - whatever it is now - doesn't have the snot to score meaningful hits much past 250 yards. No, I don't memorize model numbers any more. No, I did not fully know about the fancier stock on the M14, requiring the designation change.
    #4 A semi-automatic rifle in 5.56x45mm? Oh, goody. Being rather cross wind sensitive - even with the heavier bullet - the 5.56x45mm round has severe limits on both range and accuracy. In addition, under sniper conditions, a semi-automatic (or fully automatic) rifle delivers no increase in hits past 200 yards or so.
    #5 The M110 system. "Designed ground up"? So why does it look so much like an AR-10, even fires the same round? Apparently, the people making this video either do not know of, or are attempting to remove Eugene "Gene" Stoner from the history of modern arms. The last is untrue and rather blatantly so.

    • @aminormaximum2446
      @aminormaximum2446 2 года назад

      by floating the barrel and making the stock adjustable, it made it much more accurate and more comfortable to shoot. The only limitation in distance is the ammo.

  • @locohobo1925
    @locohobo1925 3 года назад +1

    I can’t imagine who was the target demographic for this video...(?) To people who know nothing about firearms, this video means nothing to them. To people who are experienced firearm users (like myself), this video contains no useful information about ‘sniper’ rifles, other than obscure details about specific rifles. How about describing specific traits that snipers look for in a rifle? MOA specs? Calibers used for different ranges and scenarios? Bolt vs semi? Suppressors? Bench specs? Accessories?
    The title doesn’t match the content, except that rifles were involved.

  • @LAroyalprimal
    @LAroyalprimal 7 лет назад +5

    Fact 6: hogs sometimes shit themselves waiting. So ive heard

  • @DontGoogleDinosaurWith500Teeth
    @DontGoogleDinosaurWith500Teeth 8 лет назад +55

    how about something from outside of america?

  • @mouija1450
    @mouija1450 8 лет назад +13

    I'll have to go with England/UK since the term sniping originated from a difficult bird to hit on the isles.

    • @peterbenson2185
      @peterbenson2185 6 лет назад +1

      That would be the british too...The Royal Green Jackets IIRC .. as they wore green uniform rather than red to better blend in with the foliage, also the "Ghillie suit" comes from the profession of being a "Ghillie" ,which is a scottish gamekeepers assistant who would teach the stalking and hunting skills to the rich landowners and their friends (My dad spent a little time as one when we lived in the highlands)

    • @SkadooHusky
      @SkadooHusky 6 лет назад

      well it also depends on what you'd consider an early sniper to be. both the British and Americans had marksmen in the American revolution.
      then you have the Germans in ww1. they really made the role of a sniper what it is today.
      there isn't a straight forward answer to be honest.

    • @dulls8475
      @dulls8475 6 лет назад +2

      I agree we are confusing the roll of sharpshooters and marksmen against snipers. To my mind the Germans were the early pioneers of the true sniper with the British over taking them in 1917. It is British sniper tactics that are mostly used today. The British used spotting scopes, a rifle designed for sniping(the first of its kind) with a telescopic scope. They also first used snipers in 2 man teams with a spotter and a shooter.

  • @joshvines1765
    @joshvines1765 6 лет назад

    was a british engineer that invented sniper rifles in the 1800s there was also a specialised unit of sharpshooters during the Napoleonic wars that specialised in long range fighting and sniping except it was called sharpshooting back then

  • @gerry343
    @gerry343 5 лет назад +3

    2:38 The M25 is actually a ring road around London.

  • @loser3829
    @loser3829 6 лет назад +3

    I love my 308. Remington 700 with adjustable trigger

    • @ozarkexplorations7221
      @ozarkexplorations7221 3 года назад

      I love my 1968 30-06 Remington 700. To my knowledge all 700 triggers are adjustable if you know how to do it.

  • @jpttech9309
    @jpttech9309 8 лет назад +4

    it was a Scotland regiment developed by great Britain

  • @Mundicantus
    @Mundicantus 7 лет назад

    As far as I know, we were the first country to have formalized Snipers, The Whitmore rifle, originally a game rifle was the first "sniper rifle " in that sense, though it's hardly comparable to what we have today, no scope, pretty much a longer barreled musket with a rifled barrel, due to the US militias not having the volume of weapons or soldiers that the British could muster during the american revolution, we adopted specialized tactics, targeting officers, attacking supply chains, ambushes, and if we're being honest pretty much the concept of aimed accurate fire in warfare, to make up for the disadvantage in firepower, the first snipers were experienced hunters who brought their longer ranged better quality rifles with them when they enlisted

  • @cliffjones374
    @cliffjones374 8 лет назад +3

    Why didn't they use a 270 it's has better ballistics than a 7.62, 308 and many others.

    • @squareroots3931
      @squareroots3931 8 лет назад +3

      The range these guns are shooting at does not require a much better bullet. Standarisation of rounds has dictated its usage. 7.62x51 is capable at 1000yds plus.

    • @gburwash01
      @gburwash01 8 лет назад

      KIM JONES the .270 is a rifle with limited bullet offerings. The military already had the 30-06. It served them extremely well until the .308 arrived on the scene. The .270 is based on the 30-06 case. Why would you abandon the .30-06 for a rifle that has limited bullet options, and has the same case? The sniper game is a long range game and a 130 or 150 grain bullets are not as coefficient as the heavier 30 caliber offerings. Re-look at your ballistic tables for 168 grain bullets and down range energy. The .270 falls flat on its face in distance. I don't think you can even get a 168 grain bullet for it.

    • @myltwon
      @myltwon 8 лет назад

      Outside of just comparing ballistics the reason for .308 (aka essentially 7.62x51mm NATO) is logistics. Pretty much every NATO country has caliber commonality: 9mm, 5.56x45, 7.62x51, etc.
      America moved away from the .30-06 because they wanted the same diameter bullet but in a shorter overall length so it could be used in shorter action systems.