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This was such a great thread! Re-reading it was fascinating.
dean
dean
A great picture!
I have seen this position referenced in quite a few 19th Century shooting competitions. I doubt it is still taught unless you are shooting black powder cartridge rifle shooting!
Yes, that position is even worse. I have seen a couple of original Hepburn Sharps with both the Tang And Heel peep sight mounted. I am sure you would have to remove one of the sights in order to shoot. Still, makes for quite the sight, [pun intended!]Thanks Stearman. Position I refered to was the one where you had the tang sight mounted to the heel of the buttplate.
These are Marines, not infantry, I believe.
dean
Sorry, no - they're United States Army soldiers. They're wearing ACU pattern camouflage and the third soldier back looks like he has a 2nd Infantry Division patch on his left shoulder. All four (including the Observer/Controller, fourth dude back) appear to be combat veterans, from the dual-shoulder patches.
Marines have their own very distinctive pattern of camo - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MARPAT
and since the Army issues multicam for Afghanistan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MultiCam this photo is either old or in a non-combat zone training environment.
Furthermore, Marines can also be infantry (which is simply a branch within a service).
As for the M4 carbines, they're being carried in the Patrol Position which allows fast transition to the Low Ready Position http://firearmshistory.blogspot.com/2012/03/shooting-positions-ready-positions.html
Story
OIF, 08-09
Sorry, no - they're United States Army soldiers. They're wearing ACU pattern camouflage and the third soldier back looks like he has a 2nd Infantry Division patch on his left shoulder. All four (including the Observer/Controller, fourth dude back) appear to be combat veterans, from the dual-shoulder patches.
Marines have their own very distinctive pattern of camo - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MARPAT
and since the Army issues multicam for Afghanistan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MultiCam this photo is either old or in a non-combat zone training environment.
Furthermore, Marines can also be infantry (which is simply a branch within a service).
As for the M4 carbines, they're being carried in the Patrol Position which allows fast transition to the Low Ready Position http://firearmshistory.blogspot.com/2012/03/shooting-positions-ready-positions.html
Story
OIF, 08-09