Thread: Ukrainian Hunter uses his hunting rifle on Russians.

Originally Posted by XR500

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The term 'sniper' gets bandied about far too frequently. Most are referring to someone who can shoot accurately ( a marksman). A true sniper's skillsets are only about 30% being a very good shot. The rest is attributed to fieldcraft and personal characteristics

Which is why they last slightly longer than the 15 minutes of the average front line infantry soldier! Stalking and camouflage are the make or break skills, and there are some fairly mediocre shooters (by sniper standards) that are snipers due to their excellent spotter skills.

Originally Posted by bumblefoot

In this New York Times video (at about 35sec) they are using a Khales scope

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCldVMfFim8

At 0:59s - spray bottles of "Cillit Bang" multipurpose cleaner.
At 1:00 - very next scene - a dude cleaning AK, probably with Cillit Bang!