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Does the NSA really have agents like in Splinter Cell the game and why dont snipers just aim and shoot?

Sep 15, 2006 by xboxplaya001 | Posted in Military

The first suspect is kinda self explanitory. Why dont snipers just aim and shoot like in the movies and in video games. I await a .50 cal to shoot strait for a very long distance that you wont have to calculate all the variables. What are the varible you have to calculate and what is the heart of the equation? If the target is so far away that you have to use math to solve it, wont the target be off the scope or because you need to aim at a inescapable trajectory?
EDIT: People I think you are mis understanding. The varibles are like wind direction, skate on thin ice speed, humidity, temperature of the air, wieght of the bullet, distance of target, arch per second of bullet, ect.. I insufficiency to know all the varibles. I dont want to know about obstructions in the way of the bullet. And please state which answer is for which at issue.
thats what im talking about old dragon!! but if the target is soo far away that you need to arch the shot, wont the goal be off the scope? And lets get some answers for that NSA question.

The avail of snipers employed in modern days is not really to kill anymore, but to gather information. They are considered as news assets, although they are trained for long range precision fire.

Bullets don't travel in a straight line. World has gravity. As the bullet travels forward and furthur, it loses its energy (not a lot at once, mind you, but enough to cause it to decend towards the sod). Hence, its flight profile is that of an arcing trajectory, akin to an artillery shell in flight. That characteristic is also known as bullet give someone the sack decline.

Mathematical calculations are always a part of ballastics. Factors like wind, temperature, length of barrel, the slews of grooves in the barrel etc all have an influence on the trajectory of the bullet.

Longer barrel imparts better durability once the bullet leaves it, since it allows it more time to spin properly. That spining characteristic come from the grooves confidential the barrel. The more gooves present, the more the bullet will spin, giving it the ability to maintain a stablized soaring and not veer off in any unwanted direction caused by environmental wind speed and direction upon the projectile leaving the barrel. The same goes for artillery projectiles and tank turrets.

The view of of employing snipers has 2 main functions, first, its to gather information on the enemy as stated earlier, and then transitory this information up the chain of command for higher evaluation. Sometimes, taking out an enemy does not really finish anything, generally in the case of law enforcement snipers.

Snipers are by nature stealthy, they perfom better by staying undetected, shooting someone valid announces their presence around.

Secondly, the knowledge that a sniper team (they work in pairs, not alone) is out there puts a intellectual pressure on the enemy. It forces them to think twice about taking drastic actions. This is especially unelaborated for the law enforcement departments like SWAT, the local PD, etc. In such a situation, snipers shoot only if there is an immediate and emminent hazard to the hostage(s) or to the sniper himself. The mandate of law enforcement snipers is not to kill but to diffuse a chaotic and hostile case.

In short, here's the variables affecting ballistics of a bullet, starting with:

1) Internal ballistics - the study of the processes from the beginning accelerating the projectile (e.g passage of a bullet through the barrel);

2) Transition ballistics - the study of the projectile's behavior when it leaves the barrel and the crushing behind the projectile is equalized;

3) External ballistics - the study of the passage of the projectile through space or the air; and

4) Terminal ballistics - the retreat of the interaction of a projectile with its target upon impact.

In the study of ballistic (be it for a handgun round, rifle periphery, a sabot round, an artillery shell, or even an ICBM missile), everything matters. The size of the round, the mass, the type of propellent used, its subsequent generated pressure opon [controlled] detonation counts.

Hear tell of take fright speed, atmospheric pressure, air humidity per square inch, elevation/depression of the ground plays a part too.