Marines vs Terrorists

[TheAxeman]

Stolen shamelessly from the KLR650 forum.

A huge group of terrorists are camped out in the desert. From over a huge sand dune they hear "one Marine is better than 10 terrorists" the leader of the terrorists laughs and sends 10 of his men over the dune. He hears 10 gun shots and then silence ... then he hears "one Marine is better than 100 terrorists" this makes the terrorist leader send 100 of his men over the sand dune and he hears 100 gunshots and then silence, again the silence is broken with the voice yelling "one Marine is better than 1000 terrorists" ... this pisses off the leader and he sends a thousand of his best men over the dune, again he hears gun shots and then silence but this time one of his men crawls back over the dune and seconds before he dies he sez ... "Don't send any more men, it's a trap, there are 2 of them!!!" :lol:

 

[Fencer]

:good: :haha: :lol2: :rofl: :

 

[phil]

That's a good remake. I heard it in 1968, but it had to do with a bus-load of Texas Aggies vs. 2 Longhorn football players.

 

[JimLor]

Axeman, that's not a joke, it's a true story. Or I should say, a "no *******."

 

[Sherman]

Just how good of riflemen are they anyway?

I never served, but I hear stories.

Without the ******** please.

 

[Silent]

Just how good of riflemen are they anyway? I never served, but I hear stories.

Without the ******** please.

500 meters open sights. called head shots 10 fir 10. We B good B)

 

[Bearly Flying]

Wikipedia:

Range

The longest range recorded for sniper kill is 2,430 metres (2,657 yd), accomplished by a Canadian sniper, Corporal Rob Furlong, during the invasion of Afghanistan, using a .50 caliber BMG (12.7 mm) McMillan TAC-50 bolt-action rifle. This meant that the bullet had a flight time of ≈ 4.5 seconds, and a drophttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trajectory_of_a_projectile#Height_at_x of ≈ 70 meters (230 ft).

 

[Warchild]

Axeman, that's not a joke, it's a true story. Or I should say, a "no *******."

"A sucking chest wound is Nature's way of telling you you've been in a firefight".

Marine Snipers - "Reach out and Touch someone".

 

[odot]

Wikipedia:
Range

The longest range recorded for sniper kill is 2,430 metres (2,657 yd), accomplished by a Canadian sniper, Corporal Rob Furlong, during the invasion of Afghanistan, using a .50 caliber BMG (12.7 mm) McMillan TAC-50 bolt-action rifle. This meant that the bullet had a flight time of ≈ 4.5 seconds, and a drophttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trajectory_of_a_projectile#Height_at_x of ≈ 70 meters (230 ft).

Crazy bragging canucks...........

 

[yellowmagnaman]

Great joke Axeman :clapping:

 

[eeksnake]

Oldie but a goodie Axeman. I still get a good chuckle.

To answer the question posed, please refer to... "Every Marine a rifleman."

U.S. Marine Corps Scout/Sniper "Go ahead and run... You'll only die tired."

Netiquette? What's that?

 

[PTINSTRUCTOR]

Hey, we Marines and former Marines are a very proud group. We consider ourselves the very best! However, other branches have good fighters too.

I did have a picture, but I guess I can't post it. .....&%#*%

 

[water-dog]

Someone say 50 Cal.



Turn up sound!

 

[feejer222]

How lucky was he!

 

[uctofeej]

Just how good of riflemen are they anyway? I never served, but I hear stories.

Without the ******** please.

In 1990 during the lead up to the Gulf War, I was one of the marksmanship instructors for my battalion. 92% of our folks qualified as experts. That basically translates to a whole bunch of people able to put hot lead center mass of man-size targets or smaller at 200, 300 and 500 yards.

The Army does not require soldiers to qualify with their weapon, but the Marine Corps does. For Marines, the ranking system goes:

unqualified = equals a quick road out at the end of your contract

marksman = little or no points towards promotion

sharpshooter = catch a lot of crap from others, but you *might* get promoted

expert = check at least one box towards the next paygrade

 

[vectervp1]

A buddy of mine has an AR-50 which he's let me fire several rounds through. All I can say is WOW! When you fire the thing, there is no doubt in your mind whatever that bullet strikes, will NOT be there anymore. Total testosterone high!

 

[extrememarine]

Just how good of riflemen are they anyway? I never served, but I hear stories.

Without the ******** please.

"Every Marine a Rifleman" holds true today. With a standard issue M-16A2, a person intent on doing me harm would not want to flip me the bird in anger at any distance inside 500 yards, or with the M9, anywhere inside 25 yards. And I'd rate myself as high-average among my peers with a rifle, above average with a side arm. Read "Marine Sniper, 93 confirmed kills" the story of Marine Gunnery Sargent Carlos Hathcock", now he was a shooter.

-wr

 

[wheatonFJR]

Just how good of riflemen are they anyway? I never served, but I hear stories.

Without the ******** please.

"Every Marine a Rifleman" holds true today. With a standard issue M-16A2, a person intent on doing me harm would not want to flip me the bird in anger at any distance inside 500 yards, or with the M9, anywhere inside 25 yards. And I'd rate myself as high-average among my peers with a rifle, above average with a side arm. Read "Marine Sniper, 93 confirmed kills" the story of Marine Gunnery Sargent Carlos Hathcock", now he was a shooter.

-wr

Just read it for the second time...a week ago.

 

[rangerk9]

uctofeej,

"The Army does not require soldiers to qualify with their weapon, but the Marine Corps does." ????

I don't do the inter-service rivalry thing...I have served in combat with all branches of the service and appreciate all of them. However, I don't do false statements either. The Army does require soldiers to qualify with their weapons. "Big Army" (Conventional) doesn't require to the standards that the Marine Corps does. And, trust me...I respect and appreciate the Marine Corps standards. SOF forces are a different story though.

If it was a joke and I am a screwed up Mike Foxtrot...tell me to "lighten up Francis". No worries. However, there are some folks asking for information here and may get the wrong perception.

I appreciate your service. <Grabbing a cold bravo> And, Btw extrememarine...Carlos Hathcock was "harder than woodpecker lips" and a man among men. <SALUTE> out to him and the Marine Corps...I know he is with "Chesty Puller and the Big Ranger in the Sky".

Rex

RLTW!!