Sniper Van: Body Armor Works Update

In case your new, here is how the story developed:

Body Armor Works posted Thursday July 14
Body Armor Works UPDATE posted Friday July 15
'Body Armor Works' Not Exactly New Story posted Saturday July 16
The Plate and the Bruise: Body Armor Works posted Tuesday July 19
Original video here.

Now you are caught up. So here's what's new:

The video footage recovered from the snipers van showed this team was likely involved in at least two sniping incidents during the course of the day. The team appears excitable during the first attempt which failed to hit their indented mark. The second detailed attempt depicts the successful engagement of the medic. In this engagement the sniper takes his time even as his spotter cries out for him to shoot more quickly. The snipers disciplined shot scored on the SAPI plate of the Medics IBA inside the 10 ring.

The van which the AIF sniper team used was modified to conceal the shooters presence and to make it easier to evade capture. With the absence of the rear window and the attachment of the window screen the cameraman/spotter and sniper were able to conduct surveillance of potential targets without discovery. AIF cut a small 1-2 inch square hole in the top portion of the screen for these observation purposes.

The van was patterned after the Washington D.C. snipers:



The missing rear window:



Opening cut into windscreen:



Lower opening, external view:



Lower opening, internal view:



Internal view, wider angle:



Next update: Sniper Stuff: Body Armor Works Update


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