@@somedrytoast2307 I see, so soldiers in the field actually wear some sort of muffler headset? I take it the guns in WW2 didn't make so much noise, so that's why you don't see ear protection being worn? Unless it was under their helmet?
My friend's step-son was withdrawn from the sand-box because of H + Safety regulations; he had fired his quota of 50 cal and the MOD didn't want to get sued in the future. The lad was devastated that he had to leave his mates.
LOL.. "a mistake you only make once"... I once pushed the butterfly down on an M2 with no 'ears' on during training... Never again!!!...ears rang for a week!
I was light assault not a sniper per se but I had sniper training. It always amuses me when a sniper in a movie goes out of their way to stick the muzzle out and expose the flash.
The small detail I appreciate in the scene where Jude law pops up to take the guy running, is that he wraps the sling to get extra stability. It's a small detail, but accurate.
They issued the Barrett to British EOD teams in GW1 as a remote EOD tool. Expecting sappers to shoot targets the size of a coke can was a tad unrealistic, not least because we didn’t get much range time and were lucky to get 50% of rounds onto a man-size figure 11 target... The Hurt Locker was in any event the first science fiction movie to win the ‘Best Picture’ Oscar. I did laugh at the idea that an EOD guy would be moonlighting as a spotter...
Thanks for the video, I remember seeing a young Frank zeroing an early Barrett on a documentary a while back. Nice touch in Private Ryan left hand shooter using a right hand rifle because that was all they had.
@@G55-j9z Same here,train some with both hands. Learn to operate rifles pistols and shotguns in all ways possible. To get really humbled try shooting rifles and shotguns with one hand.
I’ve watched a lot of snipers on UA-cam. This is the first one that gives the impressions his been around a while. Super interesting videos and great commentary!
The pre-target impact of penetrating glass is a Major factor also. Most shots through glass have a two shooter team to make up for it. One guy for the glass and one for the individual.
Mega video Frank, "happiness is a big chopper" and "aggressive bulrushes", you have not lost your touch, I still remember your patrol briefings before we out on the ground, shooting stars, your bedspace being rebuilt on the helipad, how to make an operational tour so much quicker, Matt B sent me this. That was a good platoon to be in.
I'm not sure but I believe that the Germans made up that sniper of theirs as anti-propaganda because the Russian snipers were causing terrible morale problems for their troops. Of course the Russians were exaggerating their snipers' kill counts for propaganda purposes too, but hey... It's an entertaining movie but not terribly accurate. Zaitsev was a beast though. And some of the female Russian snipers were hard core too. For more info I'd recommend Beevor's book "Stalingrad".
He is hilarious in real life, very professional as a paratrooper with a very rare skill of adding huge amounts of humour to operational service, imparted a lot of knowledge to his troops as well
The major Hollywood B/S I see on sniper shooting is the hugely exaggerated magnification view through the scope. Even using say a S&B 5x-25x scope set on 25x there is no way the target would look so magnified. Another one is a rifleman taking a long shot from an unsupported firing position such as standing when right in front of the shooter there is a window sill or some such. After 54 years of being a deer hunter (and competitive target shooter) the one golden rule is never take a standing shot unless there is no other choice or the animal is right in front of you. There is a reason the standing position is the most unstable position and generally gets the lowest scores in 3 or 4 position target shooting.
The sniper on sniper bullet through scope duel has been emulated too many times in movies. It first started off in Sniper (1993) which was more fitting as a homage/tribute to Carlos Hathcock with the character playing an ex Vietnam vet Marine in the jungle setting, well before Saving Ryan's Privates. However Sniper 2 & 3 repeated it, which lost it's lacklustre. Totally forgot Jeremy Renner was the sniper in SWAT, as well as the lead in Hurt Locker.
@@harislade6676 Are you honestly trying to tell me that all bolt action rifles are more efficient cycled by the non trigger hand? So basically every marksman is doing it wrong, and you know better? The trigger hand is cycling the bolt because it is right next to it, and also creates less barrel movement and is FAR quicker than taking off the supporting hand and moving it over a foot to cycle a bolt each shot. Seriously - have you ever fired and cycled a bolt action rifle? Or are you just being a dumbass troll?
Yeah I made that mistake during basic training on the ranges, the ringing in my ear lasted for a few days, and when the corporal noticed I was leopard crawling through the snow near the assault course and over a water jump and the ice broke and in I went, then back in the hut we were all waiting and the corporal's through CS gas in through the window and my resi canister was Donald from the snow and water crawl. Happy memories over twenty years ago now.
Re the hurt locker... If I remember correctly. .. the guy shooting the 50cal wasn't the trained sniper, he had been killed earlier and the reason they didn't have a magazine full of rounds was because they were covered in blood and needed cleaning individually first
As I understand it, snipers have multiple roles, including (but not limited to) high-value target neutralization, counter-sniping, and area suppression (no one wants to pop their head up and start shooting if they know a sniper is in the area).
Your post is very very interesting. On my commute home the movies you showed brought memories of past masterpieces of cinema.The opening scene of Rogue Male ( Peter O'Tool) hooked my fascination for sniper scenes. The Wall couple of years ago also is very watchable.
Issue with saving private Ryan, his eye was pressed up against the scope like it’s a telescope. I’ve seen inexperienced shooters do this and it always ends up ruining their week.
It was an old externally adjusted target scope. They slid forward in the mounts when fired. Those scopes had a spring to return to firing position. Their eye relief was short,and most people took the spring off,and pulled the scope back by hand after the shot . You were right their eye relief wasn't that short. If a tank is bringing its main gun to bear on you get the f. out.
In other scenes the rifle (03 A4) has a Weaver 2.5 power scope on it. Both scopes were used the Weaver and the Unertl 8 power . I doubt both would be used on the same rifle on the same campaign by the same sniper.
Yeah, like half of the clips didn't even have a spotter. Snipers almost always run in two man teams. The spotter is usually doing most of the calculations and correcting the shots. They also always have some kind of stand for the spotting scope. Good luck holding it with your hands to view a shot over 400 meters away😂
Jackson appears to be using his left hand and his right eye. In the First World War my grandfather used his left hand on the trigger, stock on the right shoulder and his right hand worked the bolt so the forward end had to be resting on something. He was no sniper of course but it was a way to shoot 5 rounds in half the time.
I imagine the StuG crew; Hans: You'll never believe it but the prat's actually up in the tower! Fritz: What? You're kidding! So, he is! What an amateur! Hans: Load H.E! Full elevation!
@FrankFletcher Just a comment, the gun at 4:40 is in fact a Romanian made PSL, and you can easy recognize it because the mag release is very close of the trigger guard, while on the Dragunov the mag release is much more far away from the trigger guard, fact easy to notice in the Dragunov photo you inserted in to your video. The Romanian PSL was quite popular with the Iranian army, and much more common than the Dragunov during the first and second Gulf war. I know that both rifle are quite similar looking, but this “mag release distance from the trigger guard” will help you identifying correct the gun in the future. Also the PSL mags have stamped an X, while the Dragunov mags have stamped a matrix of ribs, but this detail cannot be seen very well at long distances, dusk, etc. With best regards from a Romanian guy with similar specialization with yours, but just a tiny bit older
Suppressors reduce sound by far more than a third. Generally, it's over 90%, even for a supersonic round. The problem is that guns are really, really, really loud. REALLY loud. Even 10 times quieter, the sound made by gunfire is very clearly audible.
Where are you getting this ridiculous 90% number from? The best silencers/suppressors/mufflers on the market can do maybe 30 to 40 decibels of sound reduction. On a 22LR that might get you down to hearing safe levels (maybe 110db), but pretty much anything bigger (5.56mm, 7.62mm, .50cal) still requires hearing protection. From what I've read and seen, anyway.
On Enemy At the Gates sniper scene, Vasilli the sniper was waiting for explosions to shoot at the Nazis so he could musk his rifle fire bang. That's why the other soldiers couldn't hear him shoot at the others until it was too late. Otherwise great movie, have watched it religiously.
A LOT of tactics used in the movie are the real deal especially use of store mannequins and even dead bodies as bait and using keyholes the jumping scene itself was unrealistic but before that was amazing the German was looking specifically at the keyholes and had a nice smile at the helmet trick "so 2nd floor it is, your fucked" 😊
My wife has learned to follow along with me. She's actually commended on how Glocks in the recent round of Marvel movie madness make 'that click sound' whenever someone put their finger on the trigger. She also laughed at 'Punisher: War Zone'
I have a question, at 2:24, Could the sniper shoot down the barrel of the tank and maybe trigger the explosive shell within, to blow up the tank? Thanks!
Depends what the explosive compound is. In the film, that tank there (unrealistically) looks like a Swedish sav m/43. The HE shells the Swedish used in the second world war were typically tnt based, same with almost everyone else. If the explosive was a type of tnt, shooting it wouldn't do anything, because tnt isn't a shock sensitive explosive. If it was something like dynamite, there's a good chance it would explode violently, but there aren't many dynamite-based tank shells, for that exact reason.
I've watched other videos on the opening scene. And they said the angle just isn't right for the bullet to penetrate the scope lens and hit him in the eye
I've been seeing an increasing number of competitive shooters using their off hand chambered rifles (right handed shooter with a lefty rifle) so they don't move their trigger hand to work the bolt, they move the support hand instead, may not worth in his scenario but I've been seeing that every time I watch it since probably '04
anyone opinion...was it common to issue a designated marksman (left handed shooter) a conventional (right handed) rifle? was there a shortage of lefty rifles?
I'm guessing you're speaking of the Pvt. Ryan scene. To put it simply. The "03A4 Springfield was a Government produced military ordinance weapon. The government back then didn't have anyone in the country that was left-handed. So they only fabricated the right-handed kind. But, the less tongue-in-cheek answer is that recruits for the most part used the Garand, or the recruit was made to learn right-handed technics, usually with a cuff to the head and a lot of post Taps(lights out) extracurricular training.
@@stepheneast6974 Interestingly, during WW1 the Germans had the option of a left handed or right handed Mauser rifle. It was this the Lee Enfield .303 was based on, but the Brits never made left handed versions of it. I often wonder what would have happened if a left handed British soldier got hold of a left handed German Mauser. Would he have been able to use British ammunition in it?
@@bobhood5357 Gewher 98 the German rifle was right handed only. Many ww1 german snipers were ex forest guards/game keepers and may have used their own rifle provided it was in the issue cartridge of 8x57, so they may have had a left handed rifle but i think that unlikely. If there were left handed amuser's (which i seriously doubt) a left handed british soldier would have to use german 8x57 ammunition as .303 british will not fit. They are completely different ammunition. .303 is rimmed and 8x57 is rimless, thats just for starters.
@@stepheneast6974 Thanks for putting me right on that. I can't remember whether I read it or saw it on TV, but I was surprised to find out that Mauser were supposed to have supplied left handed rifles. I am left handed, and when I was in the ATC (many years ago!) I fired a sleeved down right handed Lee Enfield on a 25yd range using .22 short bullets. Being only 13 at the time, and left handed as well, I found it difficult to load the rifle, and the weight was quite something for a scrawny 13 year old. However, I did manage to not only hit the target over iron sights, but get some pretty good groupings as well. They wouldn't have been good enough for RAF sharpshooter (two bob piece) or an ATC sharpshooter (half a crown), but I was getting regular groupings just outside of the half a crown range. I went to a weekend camp once and we fired proper .303 rounds through Lee Enfields on the range. I managed 15 shots (out of 20) before I had to give up as by that time I was quite deaf in my left ear, my head was ringing, and my left shoulder was hurting. I still have problems with my hearing in my left ear from that incident, and I'm 70 now.
He was way too kind with his comments. Hurt Locker was an absolute load of BS. Little wonder they think themselves so relevant in Hollywood. Notice how long it takes the round to hit the building which is supposed to be 850 meters and how they just were able to quickly familiarize themselves with the Barrett. Whether supposed to be SAS or SBS they were probably thinking the same thing - What a load of bollocks.
I thought it was weird that they behaved like professional snipers. On the other hand i don't think it's impossible for somebody to take a Barret and hit something at medium distances, provided that the scope is semi-intuitive or they have a range table. i don't remember. One thing to keep in mind though is that the Barret is used by EOD for bomb disposal. So it's not completely out of the question that those two actually had some familiarization training.
@@johannesdolchthe way they represent the SAS or to the least, some British Mercenaries as a group of trigger happy junkie that disregard the most basic military rules are really bollocks.. I'm not an english myself but I'm really disgusted by some of the hollywood movies...
The Hurt Locker..the snipper couldn't do rapid-fire as they were only loading one round at a time. Due to the magazine having been contaminated with blood from the special forces fella who was taken down previous.
Was going to add the bullets ‘jamming’ as they had blood on them was one of the most unrealistic things about that scene. When he cocks the Barrett after putting the mag in, you can actually see it chamber the round if you watch carefully 😂 added to multiple scenes where Owen uses an aimpoint on his m4 and the camera shows a magnified picture when showing the view through his optic.,
Now I’m no expert but when one gets shot by a 50cal you don’t just roll over.... you explode!!!! What’s that... you’ve been hit in the right foot? Say good bye to both legs and most of your lower torso.
I was under the impression world war 2 "snipers" were more like designated marksman in todays terms attached to infantry, mainly due to the limitations of the optics back then only having i think. (again I could be wrong but pretty sure forgotten weapons covered this) 4x scopes. So all the movies showing extreme long distance sniping in ww2 are not really realistic at all within the historical context (or they do a bad job of portraying the difference a lot of the time), saving private ryan though did a good job of showing how close the fighting was for them (even though scope looks wrong).
Just a comment on hurt locker sniper scene, being the Barrett was not sighted for the shooter would that cause problems as the scope was zeroed for another's eye ?
It usually does. Different people hold the rifle differently and react differently to recoil. It's not often that any two people have the same zero . The longer the shot the greater the difference.
The most realistic part of this (3:15) was in the first scene of that movie. If he got a good 'center mass' hit, there wouldn't be enough of him to identify.
I would like to hear what you have to say about the movie "Shooter" with Mark Wahlberg and "American Sniper" with Bradley Cooper. One I would consider possible while the other is pure Hollywood BS. Your commentary about "The Hurt Locker" was bang on. You have a cannon that will handily pierce mud bricks so why dick around with trying to site your target. Twenty rounds from a Barret might be enough to level the structure. Interesting commentary and I will be subscribing for more content.
Those guys just standing casually smoking cigs as their comrades are getting shot seems weird, he's at close range so you'd hear the shot going out and surely you'd see the person who is feet away from you just had their brains sprayed everywhere, find cover? Nah, gotta enjoy your smoke! I mean if I could hear a lot of other gunfire going on at the same time I could maybe understand but it seems too quiet to miss a rifle going off at close range.
Also love when in the movies they sometimes seem to have the scope against their eye. I'm no expert but if you fired the gun with your eye on the scope would it not recoil right into your face and give you a nasty black eye? I mean when you fire a gun the force you feel on your shoulder ca be quite dramatic, wouldn't want that force concentrated on my face.
"The whole function of the .50 cal is to deal with problems."
Well put.
He never says a clip is bad. "He managed to put two in the helo almost at the same spot, so obviously quite a good shooter". I love this guy
Hard to tell whether he has also mastered the art of sarcasm too lol
@@mb3558 Quite few shots here that probably just went over their heads.
@@leerogers6423 Whoosh 💨
Dry as week old toast. Love it.
He was being sarcastic. His comment I loved was " fully bunched up,nobody looking rearward "
13:26 "train's probably doing between 125-175 MPH......so slightly moving target" lmaooo
it's not just a moving target. The kinetic energy of a train is so high the bullet would probably only scratch the glass.
"i notice they aren't wearing ear protection.....you only make that mistake once" 😁
After that, you don't need it.
I’m glad this is here because I came to the comments looking to just understand what the hell he said
+PullMei
What do you mean, Ear protection when firing a Sniper rifle?
@@somedrytoast2307 I see, so soldiers in the field actually wear some sort of muffler headset?
I take it the guns in WW2 didn't make so much noise, so that's why you don't see ear protection being worn? Unless it was under their helmet?
My friend's step-son was withdrawn from the sand-box because of H + Safety regulations; he had fired his quota of 50 cal and the MOD didn't want to get sued in the future. The lad was devastated that he had to leave his mates.
Great commentary Frank, the dry humour of the airborne soldier, brilliant
When you want an honest answer, ask a British squaddie. Love it!
"happiness is a big chopper" 😂😂😂
Love how he can't keep a straight face after he says it too.
I always thought happiness was a warm gun
LOL.. "a mistake you only make once"... I once pushed the butterfly down on an M2 with no 'ears' on during training... Never again!!!...ears rang for a week!
I love this guy. Really. This is the uncle I always wished I had.
From my experience watching war movies the unbelievable bit in clips from Enemy at the Gate is the German with MP40 not shouting "Achtung!"
This whole "Thermal can see through walls thing"... Yeah, Physics is hard.
If the wall is one layer of toilet paper.
@@carlwessels2671 Even then you wouldn't see the outline of a person
Yeah walls block infrared, that's pretty much their primary purpose.
I was light assault not a sniper per se but I had sniper training. It always amuses me when a sniper in a movie goes out of their way to stick the muzzle out and expose the flash.
The small detail I appreciate in the scene where Jude law pops up to take the guy running, is that he wraps the sling to get extra stability. It's a small detail, but accurate.
They issued the Barrett to British EOD teams in GW1 as a remote EOD tool. Expecting sappers to shoot targets the size of a coke can was a tad unrealistic, not least because we didn’t get much range time and were lucky to get 50% of rounds onto a man-size figure 11 target...
The Hurt Locker was in any event the first science fiction movie to win the ‘Best Picture’ Oscar. I did laugh at the idea that an EOD guy would be moonlighting as a spotter...
Not to mention the Barrett semi auto is not the best accurate, especially with ball ammo . Which is what they often had.
Most accurate.
Thanks for the video, I remember seeing a young Frank zeroing an early Barrett on a documentary a while back. Nice touch in Private Ryan left hand shooter using a right hand rifle because that was all they had.
Well observed! And thanks for watching!
I shoot left handed mainly but I prefer a right handed rifle but I also taught my self to be just as good with either hand.
@@G55-j9z Same here,train some with both hands. Learn to operate rifles pistols and shotguns in all ways possible. To get really humbled try shooting rifles and shotguns with one hand.
Although I am right handed,mostly.
I’ve watched a lot of snipers on UA-cam. This is the first one that gives the impressions his been around a while. Super interesting videos and great commentary!
The pre-target impact of penetrating glass is a Major factor also. Most shots through glass have a two shooter team to make up for it. One guy for the glass and one for the individual.
Mega video Frank, "happiness is a big chopper" and "aggressive bulrushes", you have not lost your touch, I still remember your patrol briefings before we out on the ground, shooting stars, your bedspace being rebuilt on the helipad, how to make an operational tour so much quicker, Matt B sent me this. That was a good platoon to be in.
Thanks for watching and glad you liked it!
Enemy at the gates, hitting the guy mid air! You were so polite. As my dear old Ma would have said, "about as far fetched as a fart from China".
I thought the way the guy turned after getting shot was just cringe. What a silly way to die!
At least in the movie they say that was an impossible shot.
I'm not sure but I believe that the Germans made up that sniper of theirs as anti-propaganda because the Russian snipers were causing terrible morale problems for their troops. Of course the Russians were exaggerating their snipers' kill counts for propaganda purposes too, but hey...
It's an entertaining movie but not terribly accurate. Zaitsev was a beast though. And some of the female Russian snipers were hard core too. For more info I'd recommend Beevor's book "Stalingrad".
@@adamtennant4936 Thanks for the recommendation, I've read Stalingrad by Anthony Beevoir, brilliant book but not good bed time reading.
@@grahamkirk5974 That's for sure, it's pretty grim. I'll take the description of the lice leaving dead bodies with me to my grave... 😬
I bet this bloke is hilarious in real life. "Aggressive Bulrushes" .... :)
He is hilarious in real life, very professional as a paratrooper with a very rare skill of adding huge amounts of humour to operational service, imparted a lot of knowledge to his troops as well
I feel that after watching that I have received a promotion, I am now major impressed. Your jokes are still funny Frank
Please do some more of these Frank, I respect you and your 'art' most deeply
The major Hollywood B/S I see on sniper shooting is the hugely exaggerated magnification view through the scope. Even using say a S&B 5x-25x scope set on 25x there is no way the target would look so magnified. Another one is a rifleman taking a long shot from an unsupported firing position such as standing when right in front of the shooter there is a window sill or some such. After 54 years of being a deer hunter (and competitive target shooter) the one golden rule is never take a standing shot unless there is no other choice or the animal is right in front of you. There is a reason the standing position is the most unstable position and generally gets the lowest scores in 3 or 4 position target shooting.
Interesting point! Good to know, if ever I find a sniper rifle and my life is in danger!
A rule I learned from my military career; 'the closer you are to the ground, the more stable the rifle, the further away you can hit something'.
British Army humour. Can't beat it 😆
Big props to Frank Fletcher. Love the commentary!
As someone who has never fired a rifle l find this very instructive. And delivered in a nice calm voice. Thanks for the videos.
The sniper on sniper bullet through scope duel has been emulated too many times in movies. It first started off in Sniper (1993) which was more fitting as a homage/tribute to Carlos Hathcock with the character playing an ex Vietnam vet Marine in the jungle setting, well before Saving Ryan's Privates. However Sniper 2 & 3 repeated it, which lost it's lacklustre.
Totally forgot Jeremy Renner was the sniper in SWAT, as well as the lead in Hurt Locker.
2:28 Jackson did manage to put his rifle on safe before the Tank blasted them ;)
I always hated how he died despite his left handed use of a right handed sniper triggering my OCD
@@fazsum41 To keep trigger finger on trigger for rapid shooting.
@@harislade6676 That makes no sense whatsoever. It's much quicker to cycle the bolt using the right hand
@@SledTillDead And where is your trigger finger while doing that?
@@harislade6676 Are you honestly trying to tell me that all bolt action rifles are more efficient cycled by the non trigger hand? So basically every marksman is doing it wrong, and you know better?
The trigger hand is cycling the bolt because it is right next to it, and also creates less barrel movement and is FAR quicker than taking off the supporting hand and moving it over a foot to cycle a bolt each shot.
Seriously - have you ever fired and cycled a bolt action rifle? Or are you just being a dumbass troll?
"Nuclear exploding bomb-rounds" ....sounds deadly.
His sense of humour is as dry as a chip. Love it 😂
I'm so glad that he brought up Carlos Hathcock making the famous through the scope shot.
You forgot the biggest franchise out of the lot - SNIPER!
The Sniper movies are so horribly bad, it's embarrassing.
Enjoying your videos emmensly Frank, thanks for sharing.
Glad you like them and thanks for watching!
Yeah I made that mistake during basic training on the ranges, the ringing in my ear lasted for a few days, and when the corporal noticed I was leopard crawling through the snow near the assault course and over a water jump and the ice broke and in I went, then back in the hut we were all waiting and the corporal's through CS gas in through the window and my resi canister was Donald from the snow and water crawl. Happy memories over twenty years ago now.
24 yrs 😳 , I thought my 9 was a long time. Well done matey
Re the hurt locker... If I remember correctly. .. the guy shooting the 50cal wasn't the trained sniper, he had been killed earlier and the reason they didn't have a magazine full of rounds was because they were covered in blood and needed cleaning individually first
"Snipers are there to deal with snipers."
That seems like an infinite loop.
Wrong a snipers main function to take out officers where ever possible the higher the rank the better to disrupt the chain of command
@@purtlemoirrey1161 true, but they also find snipers. Not everyplace can be carpet bombed. Give snipers more credit
@@purtlemoirrey1161 How far away does a target need to be to call yourself a sniper?
As I understand it, snipers have multiple roles, including (but not limited to) high-value target neutralization, counter-sniping, and area suppression (no one wants to pop their head up and start shooting if they know a sniper is in the area).
@@Chasmodius as you understand it 🤣😂
Fantastic to hear the real deal comment on what we’re fed.
Fantastic footage and info,, realy enjoyed it 👌😁
Your post is very very interesting. On my commute home the movies you showed brought memories of past masterpieces of cinema.The opening scene of Rogue Male ( Peter O'Tool) hooked my fascination for sniper scenes. The Wall couple of years ago also is very watchable.
British sarcasm is an art.
Quite aggressive Bill rushes. Love it!
Being Ex Army myself I've never used a Thermal Scope that can see through Breaze Blocks 🤣
Issue with saving private Ryan, his eye was pressed up against the scope like it’s a telescope.
I’ve seen inexperienced shooters do this and it always ends up ruining their week.
What impressed me is that he's left handed, using a right handed (standard) bolt. That can't be easy to cycle.
It was an old externally adjusted target scope. They slid forward in the mounts when fired. Those scopes had a spring to return to firing position. Their eye relief was short,and most people took the spring off,and pulled the scope back by hand after the shot . You were right their eye relief wasn't that short. If a tank is bringing its main gun to bear on you get the f. out.
In other scenes the rifle (03 A4) has a Weaver 2.5 power scope on it. Both scopes were used the Weaver and the Unertl 8 power . I doubt both would be used on the same rifle on the same campaign by the same sniper.
Surest way to get a huge gouge in your eye scoket,possible concusssion or one hell of a headache.Especially with the kickback of a .50 cal
10:35 in navy seals there is a early VW bus in the background when they cross the street. Just a random VW sighting
ha!
Sponsored by VW
Brilliant stuff Frank.
Thanks Adam!
No mention that Jackson was rapid cycling as a left hander with a right handed rifle.
Nearly as good as a night out in the Royal Falcon in Lowestoft!! In our Eddy Websters glad to see you doing good Frank, utrinque Paratus
Sniper 1 with Tom Berenger or " Sabotage " with Mark Dacascos are 2 good also to mention for later.
Cool uploads you give great info. The shooter in private Ryan was a lefty and the bean can I think is meant to be an oil can I think
As a long-range shooter myself, I love pointing out inaccuracies in movies regarding shooting and sniping in particular much to my wife's chagrin!
Yeah, like half of the clips didn't even have a spotter. Snipers almost always run in two man teams. The spotter is usually doing most of the calculations and correcting the shots. They also always have some kind of stand for the spotting scope. Good luck holding it with your hands to view a shot over 400 meters away😂
And the enemy clapped.......
Jackson appears to be using his left hand and his right eye. In the First World War my grandfather used his left hand on the trigger, stock on the right shoulder and his right hand worked the bolt so the forward end had to be resting on something. He was no sniper of course but it was a way to shoot 5 rounds in half the time.
I had a good giggle with this
Great Analysis.
Anyone notice that the Springfield he shoots fires over 5 rounds
Thermalbaric nuclear exploding bomb bullet I love it!
Master of understatement.
I'm sorry mrs Jacksonnnnn BOOM
I imagine the StuG crew;
Hans: You'll never believe it but the prat's actually up in the tower!
Fritz: What? You're kidding! So, he is! What an amateur!
Hans: Load H.E! Full elevation!
Happiness is a big chopper... 🤔🤣
You might want to keep ammo against your body to keep it warm in cold weather for even burn. Don't know if that is true just something I heard.
@FrankFletcher Just a comment, the gun at 4:40 is in fact a Romanian made PSL, and you can easy recognize it because the mag release is very close of the trigger guard, while on the Dragunov the mag release is much more far away from the trigger guard, fact easy to notice in the Dragunov photo you inserted in to your video. The Romanian PSL was quite popular with the Iranian army, and much more common than the Dragunov during the first and second Gulf war. I know that both rifle are quite similar looking, but this “mag release distance from the trigger guard” will help you identifying correct the gun in the future. Also the PSL mags have stamped an X, while the Dragunov mags have stamped a matrix of ribs, but this detail cannot be seen very well at long distances, dusk, etc. With best regards from a Romanian guy with similar specialization with yours, but just a tiny bit older
Understated British humour at it's best!
Excellent video, it always bugged me that jackson didnt do something about his flappy sleeves when working the bolt on his rifle
Thanks Paul, glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for your insight. Could you watch "smoking aces" the sniper scene from building to building in an elevator scene?
2:28
His safety was on the second position (bolt can cycle but you can't fire)
Suppressors reduce sound by far more than a third. Generally, it's over 90%, even for a supersonic round. The problem is that guns are really, really, really loud. REALLY loud. Even 10 times quieter, the sound made by gunfire is very clearly audible.
Where are you getting this ridiculous 90% number from? The best silencers/suppressors/mufflers on the market can do maybe 30 to 40 decibels of sound reduction. On a 22LR that might get you down to hearing safe levels (maybe 110db), but pretty much anything bigger (5.56mm, 7.62mm, .50cal) still requires hearing protection.
From what I've read and seen, anyway.
2 movies with Jeremy renner in them back to back lol
Thanks for that mate
On Enemy At the Gates sniper scene, Vasilli the sniper was waiting for explosions to shoot at the Nazis so he could musk his rifle fire bang. That's why the other soldiers couldn't hear him shoot at the others until it was too late. Otherwise great movie, have watched it religiously.
A LOT of tactics used in the movie are the real deal especially use of store mannequins and even dead bodies as bait and using keyholes the jumping scene itself was unrealistic but before that was amazing the German was looking specifically at the keyholes and had a nice smile at the helmet trick "so 2nd floor it is, your fucked" 😊
It took years but my wife finally trained me to "shut my brain off" and just watch the movie knowing it's going to be 100% Hollywood "bull-rushes".
I know that feeling.
Well, it's not termed as Amusement for nuthin'. Glad to hear you've been turned away from the "dark side".
@@montieluckett7036 not quite😀 it still crates my teeth when they spread out in a bunch.
My wife has learned to follow along with me. She's actually commended on how Glocks in the recent round of Marvel movie madness make 'that click sound' whenever someone put their finger on the trigger. She also laughed at 'Punisher: War Zone'
crash406 that’s awesome! Good work man. The more educated the better.
Those Bulrush can be nasty.
always interesting how many ww2 snipers we see in movies are left handed
"Thermal sight" -- I thought I heard "Firmwall sight" as in the Hollywood fictional super sight that can see through firm walls
Navy Seals comments were hilarious 😂
I have a question, at 2:24, Could the sniper shoot down the barrel of the tank and maybe trigger the explosive shell within, to blow up the tank?
Thanks!
Depends what the explosive compound is. In the film, that tank there (unrealistically) looks like a Swedish sav m/43. The HE shells the Swedish used in the second world war were typically tnt based, same with almost everyone else. If the explosive was a type of tnt, shooting it wouldn't do anything, because tnt isn't a shock sensitive explosive. If it was something like dynamite, there's a good chance it would explode violently, but there aren't many dynamite-based tank shells, for that exact reason.
@@finn8210 I see! Thanks for the reply!
So the sniper was screwed either way then!
@@RuddsReels haha yeah I think as general rule, once you're staring down a tank barrel, safe to say that you are in a bit of a sticky situation
Honestly since I saw that movie at the cinema I’ve thought that. I know absolutely nothing about war or shooting but I’ve wondered
Enjoyed this. Maybe comment on the Malaysian movie PASKAL sniper from a chopper scene. Beginning of the movie i believe
Thanks, and we will look into it!
I have what appears to be the same scope mount on my winchester model 770 as Jackson does on his Springfield
Similar, but not interchangeable.
I've watched other videos on the opening scene. And they said the angle just isn't right for the bullet to penetrate the scope lens and hit him in the eye
Dry humour personified
welcome back missed you man
Thanks! Happy to have Frank back too!
Anyone ever noticed how Jackson is a lefty? Would be a right pain in the arse with any bolt action.
I've been seeing an increasing number of competitive shooters using their off hand chambered rifles (right handed shooter with a lefty rifle) so they don't move their trigger hand to work the bolt, they move the support hand instead, may not worth in his scenario but I've been seeing that every time I watch it since probably '04
This guy is class
Fascinating!!
Love saving private Ryan!!
anyone opinion...was it common to issue a designated marksman (left handed shooter) a conventional (right handed) rifle? was there a shortage of lefty rifles?
I'm guessing you're speaking of the Pvt. Ryan scene. To put it simply. The "03A4 Springfield was a Government produced military ordinance weapon. The government back then didn't have anyone in the country that was left-handed. So they only fabricated the right-handed kind. But, the less tongue-in-cheek answer is that recruits for the most part used the Garand, or the recruit was made to learn right-handed technics, usually with a cuff to the head and a lot of post Taps(lights out) extracurricular training.
There were no left hand rifles!
@@stepheneast6974 Interestingly, during WW1 the Germans had the option of a left handed or right handed Mauser rifle. It was this the Lee Enfield .303 was based on, but the Brits never made left handed versions of it. I often wonder what would have happened if a left handed British soldier got hold of a left handed German Mauser. Would he have been able to use British ammunition in it?
@@bobhood5357 Gewher 98 the German rifle was right handed only. Many ww1 german snipers were ex forest guards/game keepers and may have used their own rifle provided it was in the issue cartridge of 8x57, so they may have had a left handed rifle but i think that unlikely. If there were left handed amuser's (which i seriously doubt) a left handed british soldier would have to use german 8x57 ammunition as .303 british will not fit. They are completely different ammunition. .303 is rimmed and 8x57 is rimless, thats just for starters.
@@stepheneast6974 Thanks for putting me right on that. I can't remember whether I read it or saw it on TV, but I was surprised to find out that Mauser were supposed to have supplied left handed rifles. I am left handed, and when I was in the ATC (many years ago!) I fired a sleeved down right handed Lee Enfield on a 25yd range using .22 short bullets. Being only 13 at the time, and left handed as well, I found it difficult to load the rifle, and the weight was quite something for a scrawny 13 year old. However, I did manage to not only hit the target over iron sights, but get some pretty good groupings as well.
They wouldn't have been good enough for RAF sharpshooter (two bob piece) or an ATC sharpshooter (half a crown), but I was getting regular groupings just outside of the half a crown range.
I went to a weekend camp once and we fired proper .303 rounds through Lee Enfields on the range. I managed 15 shots (out of 20) before I had to give up as by that time I was quite deaf in my left ear, my head was ringing, and my left shoulder was hurting. I still have problems with my hearing in my left ear from that incident, and I'm 70 now.
Yankee down? Mate, steady on, aren’t we on the same side?
This dude served 24 years , was a sniper , and sounds like captain price from cod.
I don’t think this is a coincidence
The Hurt Locker: does anyone else think is weird two US EOD operatives save the SAS by becoming snipers?
It’s hollywood.. what a lousy movie it was..
He was way too kind with his comments. Hurt Locker was an absolute load of BS. Little wonder they think themselves so relevant in Hollywood. Notice how long it takes the round to hit the building which is supposed to be 850 meters and how they just were able to quickly familiarize themselves with the Barrett. Whether supposed to be SAS or SBS they were probably thinking the same thing - What a load of bollocks.
I thought it was weird that they behaved like professional snipers. On the other hand i don't think it's impossible for somebody to take a Barret and hit something at medium distances, provided that the scope is semi-intuitive or they have a range table. i don't remember. One thing to keep in mind though is that the Barret is used by EOD for bomb disposal. So it's not completely out of the question that those two actually had some familiarization training.
@@johannesdolchthe way they represent the SAS or to the least, some British Mercenaries as a group of trigger happy junkie that disregard the most basic military rules are really bollocks.. I'm not an english myself but I'm really disgusted by some of the hollywood movies...
@@farisalamshah5363 Sure. No argument.
The Hurt Locker..the snipper couldn't do rapid-fire as they were only loading one round at a time. Due to the magazine having been contaminated with blood from the special forces fella who was taken down previous.
Was going to add the bullets ‘jamming’ as they had blood on them was one of the most unrealistic things about that scene. When he cocks the Barrett after putting the mag in, you can actually see it chamber the round if you watch carefully 😂 added to multiple scenes where Owen uses an aimpoint on his m4 and the camera shows a magnified picture when showing the view through his optic.,
Now I’m no expert but when one gets shot by a 50cal you don’t just roll over.... you explode!!!!
What’s that... you’ve been hit in the right foot? Say good bye to both legs and most of your lower torso.
Is it against Geneva convention rules to use armour piercing/explosive rounds against human targets?
you are not shooting at human targets, you are shooting the body armor... what was that, they didn't have any? It looked like they did sir...
The clip from Swat - he hits either side of the chopper not the same spot
(same spot, different sides)
I was under the impression world war 2 "snipers" were more like designated marksman in todays terms attached to infantry, mainly due to the limitations of the optics back then only having i think. (again I could be wrong but pretty sure forgotten weapons covered this) 4x scopes. So all the movies showing extreme long distance sniping in ww2 are not really realistic at all within the historical context (or they do a bad job of portraying the difference a lot of the time), saving private ryan though did a good job of showing how close the fighting was for them (even though scope looks wrong).
If Jackson was to of aimed for the barrel of the tank’s cannon, would that have caused sufficient damage to stop the tank from firing?
no a round was in the barrel it wouldnt have done anything
Just a comment on hurt locker sniper scene, being the Barrett was not sighted for the shooter would that cause problems as the scope was zeroed for another's eye ?
Jeremy Renner's character should have stepped in and said, this is what I did in SWAT.
It usually does. Different people hold the rifle differently and react differently to recoil. It's not often that any two people have the same zero . The longer the shot the greater the difference.
Plus differences in vision come into play.
The most realistic part of this (3:15) was in the first scene of that movie. If he got a good 'center mass' hit, there wouldn't be enough of him to identify.
6-48: ITS A MYTH!!! LOL
I would like to hear what you have to say about the movie "Shooter" with Mark Wahlberg and "American Sniper" with Bradley Cooper. One I would consider possible while the other is pure Hollywood BS. Your commentary about "The Hurt Locker" was bang on. You have a cannon that will handily pierce mud bricks so why dick around with trying to site your target. Twenty rounds from a Barret might be enough to level the structure. Interesting commentary and I will be subscribing for more content.
Thanks, we plan on taking a look at some more famous scenes in the future!
Its good that everyone shits on the Hurt locker. It deserves it
Great video
Much appreciated, and thanks for watching!
Those guys just standing casually smoking cigs as their comrades are getting shot seems weird, he's at close range so you'd hear the shot going out and surely you'd see the person who is feet away from you just had their brains sprayed everywhere, find cover? Nah, gotta enjoy your smoke! I mean if I could hear a lot of other gunfire going on at the same time I could maybe understand but it seems too quiet to miss a rifle going off at close range.
Also love when in the movies they sometimes seem to have the scope against their eye. I'm no expert but if you fired the gun with your eye on the scope would it not recoil right into your face and give you a nasty black eye? I mean when you fire a gun the force you feel on your shoulder ca be quite dramatic, wouldn't want that force concentrated on my face.
Sir do you know about the swedish PSG 90 British made from the begining and sweden bought them and rebuild them