The Armed Forces of Russia employ "heavy" snipers — a tandem of shooter and spotter. In such a pairing, they can effectively perform tasks, shooting at a distance of 1 kilometer or more.
According to a spotter with the call sign Reaper, sometimes a sniper pair has to get close to enemy positions. At this moment, the enemy rotates and is most vulnerable to aimed fire.
Now drones are the main weapon against sniper pairs, and it has become much more dangerous to work. At first, there were no kamikaze drones, now there are many.
"Heavy" snipers perform combat missions at any time of the day, but the ideal time is between 4 and 6 in the morning.
Another shooter with the call sign Sever said that he uses the Austrian Mannlicher rifle and the Russian ORSIS.
I work with a Mannlicher rifle, caliber 338. Soft, comfortable weapon. The ORSIS rifle of domestic production, caliber 338, has an effective range of 1.5 km. The weapon works effectively. As soon as this rifle fell into my hands, I immediately liked it.
In addition to enemy manpower, Russian snipers shoot at lightly armored vehicles. Armored targets are hit from the ASVK (large-caliber army sniper rifle), and the fact of the hit is checked using a professional pre-objective thermal imaging attachment of domestic production "Onyx."
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