Sniper! No sniping!

I thought I mentioned this in my NRA Show coverage this year, but apparently not. Mike the Musicologist and I went to a talk by Maj. John L. Plaster, U.S. Army (Ret.), noted sniping expert, on “Sniping in the Ukraine”.

If you were not able to go this year, Maj. Plaster has an article in the new American Rifleman.

Days before the invasion, Bilozerska spoke with Nick Craven of the London Mail newspaper about her feelings on taking enemy lives. “When the enemy crawls toward our position to kill me, does he think if I have a husband, parents or kids? Of course not. And I don’t bother myself with stupid things either. That stuff is for books and movies.”

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Interestingly, the FSB snipers had British-made Accuracy International AZ rifles chambered in .338 Lapua Mag.

Interesting indeed. From what I’ve read in the two Swift and Bold sniping books, AI keeps very tight control on who their guns go to. Perhaps these went to the FSB back in the good old days?

Individual foreign volunteers, too, have appeared in Donbas, the most notable being a Serbian sniper nicknamed “Deki.” Armed with a quality Russian T-5000 rifle chambered in .338 Lapua Mag., Deki was the focus of a 2018 Russian documentary, “A Sniper’s War.” His sniping ability, however, was questionable, due to his jerking the trigger and carelessly exposing himself at windows.

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2 Responses to “Sniper! No sniping!”

  1. Pigpen51 says:
    July 17, 2022 at 12:00 am

    Until recently, I had never heard of Major Plaster. And now, it seems that I have read a number of his writings or others writings about him, from about the end of last year.
    Strange coincidence, that. But a very interesting man.

  2. stainles says:
    July 18, 2022 at 12:17 pm

    I’ve read the first edition of Maj. Plaster’s “The Ultimate Sniper”, but haven’t been able to lay my hands on the second edition or any of his other books.

    As I’ve mentioned before, sniping books tend to be expensive, even by gun book standards. And it doesn’t help that “Ultimate Sniper” was published by Paladin Press.