50 Cal Ballistics - not for faint of heart

[machine shop tom]

This is a bogus pic and claim by the soldier in the picture. Check it out in Snopes.com.

The soldiers pic is of him in Kosovo.


From the Snopes article:

"The two photographs that accompany the e-mail are unrelated. At this point, it appears a prankster put them together with a fabricated background story.

The soldier pictured in the top photo is a member of the 28th Infantry Division (Mechanized) of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard. The picture was snapped not in Iraq (where this serviceman has yet to serve) but Kosovo, specifically, just outside Camp Bondsteel. The young man is not a sniper but a Signal Systems Support Specialist."

I'm not including the Snopes link 'cause it contains the edited photo. Google "50 cal green zone shot" and you will find the Snopes link.

Another claim by a wannabe "Hero".

tom

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I was actually wondering about that because the picture is definatly taken in Kosovo because of the KFOR on the Hummer and the Pennsylvania National Guard replaced my unit at Camp Bondsteel in Kosovo so we could go to Iraq.

[drgondog]

Originally Posted by machine shop tom

This is a bogus pic and claim by the soldier in the picture. Check it out in Snopes.com.

The soldiers pic is of him in Kosovo.


From the Snopes article:

"The two photographs that accompany the e-mail are unrelated. At this point, it appears a prankster put them together with a fabricated background story.

The soldier pictured in the top photo is a member of the 28th Infantry Division (Mechanized) of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard. The picture was snapped not in Iraq (where this serviceman has yet to serve) but Kosovo, specifically, just outside Camp Bondsteel. The young man is not a sniper but a Signal Systems Support Specialist."

I'm not including the Snopes link 'cause it contains the edited photo. Google "50 cal green zone shot" and you will find the Snopes link.

Another claim by a wannabe "Hero".

tom

Tom - what about the 'target" ?

[machine shop tom]

Originally Posted by drgondog

Tom - what about the 'target" ?

From the Snopes article:

"We have an unconfirmed report that the second photo depicts an insurgent killed in Mosul by the Iraqi National Guard on 8 December 2004. The dead man, we're told, had been one of seven enemy combatants (not suicide bombers) ordered to emerge unarmed from a mosque in that city. They resisted, and all were killed."

I don't know what actually did the damage to the "target", but I personally think that had it been a 50 BMG., there would be less of the "target" left.

tom

[Soren]

Btw, at 1500m range a 7.62X51 NATO round will mess our head up pretty good as-well.