Upgrade your browser!

Skip to Content

Videos / Military Videos /

Sniper Documentary

A small documentary about the use of snipers in the military. Very informative and interesting

  • Dellian
  • posted by Dellian
  • Date 6/18/2006 12:11:40 AM
  • Views: 21551
  • Teen
  • Teen
  • Violence

Tags Tags: documentary

Related Media

View All

Your Macromedia's Flash Player
may be out of date

Click here to upgrade your flash player.

You may also get this message if you have disabled your javascript. You must enable it to view videos.



Trouble playing the video? Click here to download the original.

Rate This Video:
Rate it 0.5 Rate it 1.0 Rate it 1.5 Rate it 2.0 Rate it 2.5 Rate it 3.0 Rate it 3.5 Rate it 4.0 Rate it 4.5 Rate it 5.0

4.29 out of 5 based on 1708 votes

Rating Results:
Earn XP by sharing this video!
learn more

Video URL:

Embedded Link:

Send This Video To A Cell Phone! Digg

15 Comments

Current View: 15 / Show all Comments

iceman1731 : LVL 19: VP 2.8: said:

iceman1731

Hidden (Show Comment) -46 votes

811 days 20 hours ago...

He killed someone...automatic coolness points. Haha!!!!

Alex3001 : LVL 31: VP 4: said:

Alex3001

Hidden (Show Comment) -40 votes

811 days 19 hours ago...

go Juba
take em' all out 1 by 1

STL-BLLZ : LVL 26: VP 3.5: said:

STL-BLLZ

Hidden (Show Comment) -18 votes

811 days 18 hours ago...

that rifle is pretty loud for a sniper, but i guess this is just a a demo video

pinoyG : LVL 31: VP 4: said:

pinoyG

7 votes NegativePositive

811 days 17 hours ago...

hacks

Hockeychaoz : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

Hockeychaoz

60 votes NegativePositive

811 days 15 hours ago...

"that rifle is pretty loud for a sniper, but i guess this is just a a demo video"

Lol obviously. They had a camera angle by the people he was 'shooting' at. Lol, that might be kinda hard to pull off.

"Hey, can we just film you guys for a little bit?...
Ohh its just for a little documentary about how accurate snipers are. Enjoy"
*boom*

The Evil Bat : LVL 29: VP 3.8: said:

The Evil Bat

91 votes NegativePositive

811 days 11 hours ago...

Enemy soldier1 "Hey Barry, I went for a shit in the bush's and it swore at me!"
Enemy soldier2"Ahh dont worry about it......the shrubs talk alot around here."
Sniper in shrub "No we dont."

STL-BLLZ : LVL 26: VP 3.5: said:

STL-BLLZ

-4 votes NegativePositive

811 days 9 hours ago...

@Hockeychaoz - i never meant that, I just assumed a sniper rilfe would be more quieter

ironsoul : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

ironsoul

-2 votes NegativePositive

811 days 8 hours ago...

aimbot!
lol @ hockeychaoz!

Kell : LVL 24: VP 3.3: said:

Kell

22 votes NegativePositive

811 days 5 hours ago...

Sniper rifles are not silenced. The process of silencing reduces the power and accuracy, hence are not an option. The rifle in question is a .50 Barrett M107.

Strabismo : LVL 30: VP 3.9: said:

Strabismo

58 votes NegativePositive

811 days 2 hours ago...

^^
Only half true.

There are two things that makes a gunshot loud.
1: High pressure gas escaping from the barrel and combustion of the remaining powder in the air. "silencers" takes care of that.
2: Sonic crack from the bullet because most bullets goes faster than the speed of sound. The only way to fix that is to make the bullet go slower, wich reduces it's power and effective range, which is what you were talking about, Kell. There is two ways of doing that. The first is to have a porting that allows gas to escape so the bullet cannot accelerate enough to go faster than sound. This is usually used for calibers that are just slightly faster than sound, such as 9X19mm. The other way is to simply use special sub-sonic ammunition but this usually requires some modifications self-loading weapons so they can work properly with a reduced amount of gas/recoil. Or the operator can simply manually feed the weapon after each shot.

BUT, today's military snipers ARE using silencers with full power ammo to at least reduce their weapon's signature by removing the first cause I mentioned. There will still be a sonic crack but it will make a .50 BMG shot as loud as a unsilenced 5.56mm shot. That makes the sniper way harder to spot, especially at long ranges.

"Whisper" calibers should also be mentioned because they are designed to be sub-sonic and to still be accurate and powerful enough to be effective at very impressive ranges.

And that WASN'T a Barrett M107, look at the bipod and the shape of the handgard front end.

wooha : LVL 11: VP 2: said:

wooha

Hidden (Show Comment) -68 votes

810 days 21 hours ago...

^^ and who gives a flyin' fuck

Strabismo : LVL 30: VP 3.9: said:

Strabismo

51 votes NegativePositive

810 days 14 hours ago...

^^ Who gives a flyin fuck that your brain can't understand long posts.


Nobody is forcing you to read it so just skip it and stop whining.

Chuckus : LVL 31: VP 4: said:

Chuckus

20 votes NegativePositive

810 days 13 hours ago...

Also Snipers in video games tend to use silencers. Real snipers don't. YOu have to understand, normally a sniper is 100s of meters away. Plus he's prone AND wearing a Ghilley suit (those leaves on his body. He adjusts it according to the terrain). It's very hard to spot him. So think of it this way.

Bullets in video games tend to be very easy to to locate as they generally either come from the left or right of your speaker. IN real life, accoustics are much more complicated. With a loud enough bullet and if you're far away enough. The echo of the shot comes from all over. So while you're looking for this guy, your friends are dopping like flies. Only really well trained soldiers, and other snipers are able to locate you very easily. But generally, snipers are up against more or less mediocre soldiers in the field (iraq afghanistan). If the US seals went against the british SAS for example, their sniper tactic would likely be 90% Less effective as they know how to track bullet sounds and are constantly evaluating possible sniper positions and marking them in their mind.

It's very much like a game of chess.

Strabismo : LVL 30: VP 3.9: said:

Strabismo

13 votes NegativePositive

810 days 11 hours ago...

^^
You're so full of it dude.

1: 100 meters away is a ridiculously short distance, you don't even need a specialised rifle for that.
2: You may have the best ghillie suit in the world, the ennemy can still see the puff of smoke and/or muzzle flahs in the dark

And shut up with your video games, I'm talking about real life experience. I work with military sniper rifles very frequently and the last time I checked they came with a optional suppressor. I don't even need to explain myself.

Scarface Tony : LVL 23: VP 3.2: said:

Scarface Tony

1 votes NegativePositive

810 days 10 hours ago...

sweet. am loves snipers.. as long as its not an enemy one.-

Post a Comment:

Avatar

The Spikedhumor Drawing!Spiked Humor Playstation 3 Contest
Prize
Entry Dates: 4/15/2008-6/15/2008

Recent Blog Posts

Soldier Suicide Rate May Set ...

Murderer To Be Turned Into Fi...

Cop Leaves Gun In Starbucks

Elephant Cured Of Drug Addic...

Parking Warden Tickets Crashe...

Man Tries To Cut Off Arm At D...

Lack Of Toilet Paper Leads To...

Kangaroo Hospitalises Jogger

Hotlinks on Spiked

A Lulzy Story About Voice Recognition Software.

Top 10 Mustaches Of All Time

John McCain's Message To The Father Of Sarah Palin's Illegitimate Granddaughter

The 10 Commandments Of Xbox Live

Johnny Knoxville Kicks Steve-O's Privates Video

The Dude Is Ten... Man (A Tribute To The Big Lebowski)

How To Hack, Modify And Customize Windows XP

Eleven French Films For People Who Hate French Films

Spiked Classics of 2007

Brooke Burke Photo Shoot
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4.1
  • 5
139937
chinup
View Profile
Level: 41
Voting Power: 4.9

A Nightmare on Elm Street...
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4.2
  • 5
236886
leo_1986
View Profile
Level: 13
Voting Power: 2.2

Derren Brown Photo Booth ...
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4.4
  • 5
272010
joshkemnitz
View Profile
Level: 33
Voting Power: 4.2

Derren Brown Simulating D...
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4.3
  • 5
182214
joshkemnitz
View Profile
Level: 33
Voting Power: 4.2

A-10 Thunderbolt II
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4.1
  • 5
192110
chinup
View Profile
Level: 41
Voting Power: 4.9

Real Time - “They Should ...
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4.3
  • 5
295793
PorridgeGun
View Profile
Level: 49
Voting Power: 5

New Timeshift Trailer!
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4.6
  • 5
643218
dezscyth
View Profile
Level: 5
Voting Power: 1.4

Monty Python and the Holy...
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4.3
  • 5
131680
Gshockx21
View Profile
Level: 30
Voting Power: 3.9

The Most Dangerous Road I...
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4.4
  • 5
403639
Thorno
View Profile
Level: 38
Voting Power: 4.6

Breakin' - Turbo's Broom ...
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4.4
  • 5
192240
PorridgeGun
View Profile
Level: 49
Voting Power: 5

Anaconda Squeezes The Shi...
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4.2
  • 5
3610064
Thorno
View Profile
Level: 38
Voting Power: 4.6

Metal Gear Awsome
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4.3
  • 5
306573
kenjishin
View Profile
Level: 29
Voting Power: 3.8

600-year-old Music Found ...
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4.3
  • 5
447905
ibji
View Profile
Level: 62
Voting Power: 5

Christopher Reeve Superbo...
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4.4
  • 5
322073
The Living End
View Profile
Level: 53
Voting Power: 5

Incredible Tornado Video
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4.5
  • 5
372593
EroticShaVingCrea...
View Profile
Level: 41
Voting Power: 4.9

Gag Reel for Spiderman 1&...
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4.1
  • 5
171865