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What did you do with Chechen snipers(women) in the war.
As you know, in the first and second Chechen companies, mainly mercenaries took part, but sometimes there were women mercenaries who fought exclusively by killing with sniper rifles. And when they caught the so-called snipers, they did this to them, it was a war and a cruel one.
For example:
The “Typhoon” special forces said that particularly militant staff colonels drowned a sniper in a well in the courtyard of the headquarters.
The Marines chopped them up with sapper blades. Here is a video where the Marine says:

She-wolves in white tights. Seventeen-year-old biathlete Lolita.

I will kill you slowly because I love you. First I'll shoot you in the leg, I promise to aim for the kneecap. Then a hand. Then eggs. Don't be afraid, I am a candidate for master of sports. “I won’t miss,” the voice of the sniper Masha sounded clearly on the radio, as if she was lying somewhere very close, and not hiding hundreds of meters away.

A seventeen-year-old biathlete who came to Chechnya for

earnings from a small Ural town. She should have shot at her own people. However, she didn’t care who she aimed at. They just paid better on the other side. The contractor with whom she chatted on the walkie-talkie every night out of boredom was already accustomed to the sarcastic notes in her voice. Like the whistle of bullets from her rifle. As for "load 200". She didn't have time to kill anyone. And I didn’t earn anything. I came across a tripwire that our guys had set up in the mountains. And a day later they killed him. Headshot, bullet - 7.62. Sniper.
"White Tights" are ruthless ghosts that hit the target. They are hated. They are afraid. They are hunted. Only those who kill them know their faces.
Caught alive, these women perceive being shot on the spot, a bullet in the forehead, or instant death as the greatest mercy. After them, nothing remains, not even their real name. Only legends and curses.

True story Lolitas

A pink terry robe is tightly tied at the waist, and a transparent white scarf is on the head. She alternately fiddles with it in her hands and then brushes away a welling tear with it. Dyed blond hair, gold teeth, faded gray-green eyes and white, almost matte skin, it doesn’t seem ugly, but it will pass without you even noticing.
Every evening, when dozens of prisoners, after working in the sewing workshop, gather in front of the TV to watch the evening news, she crams into the farthest corner of the cell. “Well, he did the right thing by killing him. That’s what she needs, the bitch!” - the women shout excitedly when they see the trial of Colonel Budanov on the screen. "Yes, crush them, the bastards! Drench them in the toilet!" — the president’s favorite quote can be heard from everywhere.
“No one in the zone knows that she was a sniper in Chechnya and shot at Russian soldiers. And there is not a word about this in her criminal case, they immediately warned me in one of the women’s colonies in the Krasnodar Territory. “She doesn’t shy away from anyone, but she’s not friends with anyone either.” If you write her real name, she will be killed immediately.
It was about Lena that a terribly romantic story circulated throughout Chechnya during the first war. For her extraordinary beauty, youth and ability to shoot accurately, the militants nicknamed her Lolita. She appeared in Shamil Basayev’s detachment in 1995. I came from my native Ukraine to earn... for my wedding and dowry. However, she quickly forgot her fiancé, because she fell in love with a real “wolf,” field commander Sulima Yamadayev. Under the roar of battle and the whistle of bullets, their happiness did not last long - the “wolf” was killed, much later Aslan Maskhadov posthumously awarded him the rank of brigadier general, and the inconsolable “she-wolf” began to take revenge. Moreover, she aimed at our fighters at the “causal place”, below the belt. That's what the legend said, anyway.
“I don’t know anything about Lolita and “white tights,” Lena rolls her eyes theatrically and immediately brings her scarf to them. — And I came to Chechnya long before the war, at the very beginning of the 90s. She lived with her parents and little brother in Konstantinovka, Donetsk region, and studied well. My mother was working as a warehouse manager at the time, and my father was also not without work. True, he often took a drink from the bottle. After the 8th grade, together with Marinka, my school friend, we went to Nikolaev to study as a cook. For spring break, Marinka suggested going to Chechnya to sell clothes. We got to Prokhladny by train, and from there we got to Grozny by bus. On the train they took away our birth certificates, and I wasn’t even 16 then. They locked us in some apartment for four days and said that we couldn’t make it through the journey with our clothes alone. We practiced... Either they would take you to the field, or into the mountains - who would shoot, who would do something else - we had fun as we wanted. My girlfriend periodically disappeared somewhere, and I was sold to a new tormentor. I can’t remember all this... - and she cries. “My torment ended only when Musa heard about me and saved me. He didn't know anything about my past. For some reason I believed him.

From the MK dossier.

Musa Charaev, field commander. An active participant in the hostilities of 1994-1996, he and his squad “showed up” in many bloody skirmishes. A friend of Basayev, who often visited his house. And if before the war Charaev was a simple rural tractor driver who earned money by selling wine brought from the Kalinin winery, then after that he was the owner of a decent “piece” of the Baku-Novorossiysk oil pipeline, generously donated to him by the President of Ichkeria Aslan Maskhadov.
As numerous witnesses assured investigators, during the first Chechen campaign Lena walked with her head held high and sniper rifle at the ready. The only documentary evidence that has survived is about that combat period of her life, which she never wants to talk about. Red book with a photograph and her real name. Next to Basayev's signature is a modest position - nurse. During the investigation and trial, Lena did not hide the fact that in March 1995 she joined the detachment of field commander Abdul Khadzhiev-Aslambek in Argun. Although she was listed there only as a nurse, in fact she did everything they said: she washed, cooked, and sometimes, out of old memory, pleased the bearded freedom fighters. However, she did not stay in Abdul’s detachment for long.

"If only you were alive"

End of '95. Bloody raid of Salman Raduev’s gang on Kizlyar and Pervomaiskoe. For two weeks the whole country did not leave their television screens, watching the development of dramatic events. Capturing the helipad. Shootings of people. A quick “visit” to the hospital, which almost ended in a repeat of Budennovsk. The ceremonial departure to Pervomayskoye in a convoy of buses along with the captured hostages. And, finally, a mysterious disappearance from the village, which was practically razed to the ground by artillery and surrounded by a triple ring of Russian troops. Among the several women who participated in that famous Raduev campaign was Lena.
This fact became known only after the arrest of Salman Raduev himself. An interesting document was found in his archives, in which he asked the head of the Oktyabrsky district of Grozny to allocate a two-room apartment for Elena P. “as an active participant in the hostilities in Kizlyar and Pervomaisky.” She got an apartment. It was then that I met Musa Charaev. The “wolf” and the “she-wolf” fell in love with each other - and this was true in the legend about Lolita.
“There was a war going on,” Lena continues. — Musa and his guys hid in the mountains, and rarely came to Ishcherskaya (a large border junction where militants sometimes rested after being wounded. - E.M.). I spoke Chechen very well. My mother-in-law immediately accepted me and even fell in love with me - she became like a mother. She prayed all the time. Looking at her, I also converted to Islam. And soon Musa and I were married by a mullah.
Having arranged her personal life, Lena finally called her parents in Konstantinovka. Her mother, who had known nothing about her for several years, fainted when she heard her voice. “If only you were alive,” she said and burst into tears. After this call, she began drinking with her father. And six months later, in the summer of 1996, the whole family was poisoned by mushrooms bought at the market. Doctors pumped out my father and brother. Lena saw her mother already in the coffin. As an active fighter and the wife of a field commander, Lolita was included in all operational reports. And she was immediately given new documents. “To pull less,” explains Lena. She used them to come home for the funeral. After the war, a son was born into the fighting family of the Charaevs. Musa still did not part with his machine gun and his soldiers, guarding the piece of oil pipeline entrusted to him. Lena was given a solid position at customs. “I cleared customs cargo, filled out paperwork, transported money to Grozny. Nothing special,” Lena is clearly being modest, because they won’t trust the treasury to just anyone. But Lena was not valued for this - she checked cargo and passenger trains, looking for “FSB agents” in them. If a person seemed suspicious to her, he was removed from the train and taken in an unknown direction. “She-wolf,” the peaceful villagers were afraid of her. “Our she-wolf! The commander is lucky,” the former militants approved. In March 1999, Musa was killed. He was found in his own car, not far from the “pipe”, with the same machine gun in his hands and two dozen bullets in his back and neck. He never found out that Lena was pregnant again - she wanted to make him happy the next day.
By order No. 101 of CRI President Maskhadov, Charaev was posthumously awarded the rank of brigadier general and his native village of Severnaya, Naursky district - the same place where he plowed the land for such a short time - was renamed Musa-Yurt. It turns out that the legend was right again.

False calculation

Baltic women, Ukrainians, Belarusians, Siberians, Ural women, Leningrad women, Muscovites and, of course, Chechen women themselves - there is no end to the terrible stories about ruthless mercenary snipers who have been wandering around the trenches, hospitals and newspaper pages for many years now. True, it is worth noting that the militants themselves are afraid of some fantastic and terribly hating Ossetian women, supposedly fighting on the Russian side. The most persistent myth about the “white tights” is that most of them are biathletes, and from the Baltic states. If you put together all the stories about blond beauties who spoke Russian with a pleasant light accent and shot at our soldiers, it turns out that not a single athlete who has ever held a weapon in her hands has long been left there - or has already been killed, or still fighting. However, during the first Chechen war, our law enforcement agencies still tried to verify one chilling story about a Baltic sniper, dropped by wounded paratroopers from a helicopter with a grenade in her vagina. The name of the biathlete mercenary was Milita Trankautiene and she became famous for the fact that she castrated young Russians with special cynicism with well-aimed bursts officers. Maybe some girl fell while reaching for a cigarette from a Russian "turntable", but the body was never found. Just as they did not find any traces of a biathlete named Trankauten in the Baltic republics... The very name “white tights” comes from the white tights that fit the thighs, in which biathletes perform in competitions. Before Chechnya, they flashed in almost all the “hot spots” of the former Union, from Transnistria to Nagorno-Karabakh. However, then stories about mercenaries only caused surprise among the military. And the snipers themselves could be counted on one hand. Chechnya is another matter. Here - big war and, accordingly, completely different money. In most cases, the Chechens signed a contract with the new girl for a month. According to captured militants, before the crisis, snipers were paid up to $10,000. Sometimes they paid “to the head”; from 500 to 800 bucks were “unfastened” for a killed officer and 200 for a soldier. However, such fees were more likely to lure new mercenaries than to actually pay them - either the dollars would turn out to be counterfeit, or the field commander would think that the lady wants too much and it would be cheaper to just kill her. But all the same: in six months in Chechnya - unless, of course, the feds catch you or kill you with your own militants - you could earn money for the rest of your life. “Fatima - 170 thousand rubles, Oksana - 150 thousand, Lena - 30 (for two killed intelligence officers)” - this “pay slip” was found in the pocket of a killed sniper near the village of Bechik.

Sniper war

It is only in cheap films that a sniper works alone. In the worst case, he has one assistant - he will provide cover and count the dead. In the best and most common in Chechnya, “a hunter shooting from an ambush” (translated from English - E.M.), is covered by a pair of machine gunners, a machine gunner, grenade launchers, and an ammunition carrier. By the way, the role of the last member of such a mobile group is generally difficult to overestimate - thanks to him, the militants can “beat” for two hours without a break. “It’s better to undereat than not to sleep” and “you need to shoot like dancing a waltz: one-two-three - and change position, sitting still is not recommended” - the “golden rules” of every sniper, which they know on both sides . Before “lighting up”, a good “hunter” prepares 5-8 positions in advance and only then opens fire. “Find and neutralize” the enemy sniper, signalman and senior officers - the combat mission has not changed since the middle of the 18th century, when the first mentions of “skirmishers” appeared in archival documents. Due to the number of wounds to the head and chest, military doctors have dubbed the current war in Chechnya a sniper war. But it begins only when troops are engaged in positional battles. — Previously, snipers were looked for among professional shooters. It was believed that accurate shooting in such work was the most important thing. But recently, especially after Chechnya, we have become convinced that strong nerves and the ability to hide well are still more important,” says Colonel Alexander Abin, author of the book “Tactics of Using Snipers in the City,” immediately classified by the FSB, teacher at the department of tactical and special training St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. - A real sniper works primarily with his head - he knows engineering, topography, and medicine. There are few such professionals, and they improve throughout their lives. Alexey, a sniper of the elite St. Petersburg special forces, is one of them. “The most self-possessed and calm person, he never conflicts with anyone,” they say about him in the detachment.
“To aim, I need 2-3 seconds, maximum 10,” says Alexey. “I only worry when I don’t see the target.” As soon as it’s in front of my eyes, I instantly calm down and pull the trigger. A good shot comes between heartbeats, and women have a slower heart rate. It's easier for them, that's why they shoot better. By and large, biathletes need to be taught only tactics; technique is no longer needed. Athletes are hardy, and without this there is nowhere in the mountains. And they are better armed. They have SV-94 sniper rifles of 12 mm caliber, and “screw cutters”, and our same SVDshki (Dragunov sniper rifle, “workhorse” Russian snipers. - E.M.), only modernized. In addition, all their optics are anti-reflective. For now, we can only dream about such weapons.

A lieutenant colonel and a warrant officer tell how they captured a Lithuanian sniper. How she asked not to kill her. She allegedly has two children.

It is no secret that in connection with the introduction of special sniper units into the combined arms formations of the Ground Forces, the formation of a phased and multi-level system for the selection and training of snipers began in the troops. After completing the stage of recruiting individual sniper companies, all snipers will go through special training V training centers with a frequency of once every 3-4 years. For the newly formed sniper training schools, training programs have been developed that provide for mastering a set of knowledge, abilities and skills, including adjusting artillery fire, targeting army aviation and counter-sniper training. The instructors, from among whom the sniper training schools that will be newly formed by December 1 at the district training centers (DTCs) will be staffed, have completed a special cycle of fire training (COTS) in the city of Solnechnogorsk.

At the finish line, a trained sniper will be able to act both as part of a unit and independently (or in pairs). Formation of sniper units in Ground forces, staffed by professional military personnel under contract and undergoing systematic training in sniper schools at the Educational Training Center and at the Central Operations Center (Solnechnogorsk), is scheduled to be fully completed in 2016.

Due to the variety of fire missions performed, sniper units are armed with several types of rifles with different indicators of basic combat properties. In addition, each sniper is issued a personal weapon - a pistol. In addition to weapons and sights, the sniper pair is equipped with optical-electronic surveillance equipment - a small-sized laser reconnaissance device, binoculars and means for determining the initial data for shooting. Individual and group equipment of a sniper pair includes a sniper complex, uniforms, equipment and other equipment necessary to perform tasks and maintain life.

We managed to get into one of these newly formed separate sniper companies (27th Motorized Rifle Brigade) in order to find out how combat shooting of snipers is carried out, including in pairs and with the use of fire support, what happens in tactical and special training (movement, equipment and camouflage of the firing position ), why psychological testing of snipers is needed and what is the situation with medical training.

Several qualifications have been introduced for future fighters of individual sniper units, one of which is psychological. A specially trained civilian psychologist (formerly an officer), using established methods for predicting a soldier’s behavior at the early stages, identifies people who do not have the proper level of neuropsychic stability. Testing is ordinary. Each candidate receives a form, the psychologist reads out the questions and statements, and the subject answers. For example, one of the tests, consisting of 86 questions, allows you to divide all candidates into 4 groups. Of these, only those included in groups 1 and 2 can be recommended for enrollment with subsequent admission to combat sniper weapons. Psychological selection during recruitment, as the psychologist said, is very strict.

After enlisting in a sniper company, a psychologist monitors each soldier individually. If necessary, individual lessons are again conducted with the sniper, during which an indicator such as, for example, “determination” can be adjusted and the necessary recommendations can be given. If adjustments are not possible and serious questions of psychological suitability arise, the psychologist may make a proposal to remove the sniper from service in a separate sniper company. Individual therapy is possible, and this type of therapy is typically provided weekly in small groups. They don’t bring anything “cinematic” into a sniper’s mental training: no one eats live frogs or wraps the enemy’s warm intestines around their fist. They say that such training is not required for a modern military sniper.

The main qualities that a psychologist works to consolidate and develop are determination, courage, and adequate response to any new situations. Particular attention is paid to the actions of the sniper in a future battle, the most important of which is clear and quick prioritization.

"SVD" 7.62 mm Dragunov sniper rifle

Contract sergeant Velmatkin. Having served his military service in the army as a non-sniper, he was demobilized, thought about it and returned to the army again. I wanted to be a sniper. And so he did.

Depending on the length of stay, a reserve is made for the volume of the shelter so that the lying fighter can warm up a little, eat, and drink. In winter, being in such a bed, as they said, is surprisingly not cold, unless, of course, the sniper has properly insulated himself. “Local” spruce spruce branches are excellent for insulating under a raincoat. A small hole for ventilation allows you to breathe, and if you also light a candle inside the “bed” that is closed on all sides, it becomes warmer. Including in the soul, as the sniper officer said. An affirmative answer was received to the question about natural needs. Yes. Where to go?

The most common task in this case is to determine where the soldier is wounded and how to help him. The sniper has few means of providing assistance - mainly a tourniquet and an individual dressing package. And, in general, that’s all. There are no syringe tubes with promedol. In combat conditions, things can (and, I hope, will) be different.

The actions to evacuate the wounded were observed by a medical officer and a guard lieutenant of the medical service. In his opinion, the task was completed with a “satisfactory” rating. First medical aid was provided quickly, correctly and in the proper volume, but at the crawling stage the fighters did not bend low enough to the ground and were a good target for the enemy.

After the shooting, at the command of the deputy commander of the 27th separate motorized rifle brigade, Lieutenant Colonel Dmitry Aksenov, everyone moved to the targets.

Comrade Sergeant fired accurately and accurately. Well done!

Here the result is worse. But the sniper is also a beginner, just learning.

At the end of the race, I was able to talk with one of the officers of a separate sniper company. The following issues were discussed:

What problem can an ordinary soldier, trained as a sniper, solve with his ordinary rifle?
Can confidently hit a target at a range of 200-500 meters. At these distances, all standard exercises are practiced as planned. In a real battle, a shot at a distance of more than 500 meters is simply impractical. For what? And such a situation rarely happens. During military operations in the city, it is completely excluded. And we must not forget about the need to identify the target as an enemy. The four-fold PSO sight mounted on the SVD rifle does not really allow this. How to make a decision to hit a target without being sure that the target is the same?

How often do shootings take place? Do you shoot a lot in your company?
In our unit, shooting takes place two to three times a week. The minimum is weekly, but this is rare. The unit is newly formed, so the attention to us is appropriate; we need to train our personnel intensively. Let's cook. We don't spare cartridges.

Are there any sniping “stars” among new sniper recruits?
Eat. About 10 percent shoot really well and show outstanding results. Practice in this matter is not enough, you also need talent. So there are excellent shooters among seasoned contract soldiers with extensive experience and among conscripts who, before their service, never came close to sniper weapons. Sniper is a calling. You need to feel this and be able to control yourself. It's really necessary condition. Emotions, breathing, mood - everything should be in harmony with the rifle. The basics of marksmanship training are taught to the fighter using standard tools, for example, command boxes KYA-73 and KYA-83 allow you to clearly and intelligibly convey information about the conditions necessary for accurate shot. This is both the theory and practice of aiming. Later we move on to live fire exercises.

How about hitting a target the size of, say, your head? Distance - kilometer.
Much depends on the weapon, on the sight, on the position, on the strength of the wind, on experience. In general, it happens. Not a miracle. Especially in order to set a personal sports record.

What can you say about SVD? Good rifle?
How can I say it for sure? I think the weapon is immortal. And its advantages in practice outweigh any idle talk. I think it is morally outdated, but for widespread use in the army it is still “just right.” There is no need to compare it with custom foreign rifles equipped with multi-thousand-dollar sights - after all, there is nothing like this in large quantities in the army and never will be. But there is an SVD with PSO. And for its tasks it is still an excellent tool. Those who wish, as elsewhere, apparently in the army, can buy any sight for their own. Yes, there is such a practice, we constantly try something new. Personally, I am not a supporter of such “weighting”; I believe that the simpler it is, the more reliable and better it will be.

A very important detail - the SVD rifle is difficult to damage through inept handling. Sometimes there is no time to clean. In really extreme conditions - I took off my sock, hastily cleaned the dirty mechanism, it will work. When conditions are normal, there is no time pressure - mandatory cleaning after each use. If the rifle still breaks down or behaves strangely, it is officially sent to a weapons workshop for repairs. After the repair - again the fitting-tuning-shooting procedures. I can't remember a rifle that was damaged by poor handling. Wear and tear - yes. Nothing lasts forever.

Are any specially selected cartridges used during preparation?
No, only those that come in zinc with the inscription “Sniper”. Normal cartridges. Reliable. But there are all sorts of single people - bumps often happen.

Is the rifle assigned to a specific fighter?
The rifle is assigned to each fighter individually. He prepares the weapon “for himself” - he customizes it, leads to normal battle, targets, cleans, grooms and cherishes.

Is there any rivalry within the military team?
There is some informal competition among the fighters; the spirit of rivalry, of course, is inherent in the male team. Usually everyone knows who is capable of what, if a person shoots well - of course, he enjoys authority among his comrades. Shooting straight is prestigious.

If necessary, is it possible to make a decent sniper from an ordinary soldier taken at random?
Most likely no. Snipers are the elite. Everyone can't be the best. And besides, in fact, snipers, there are many other needs. We need smart soldiers for relief groups, cover, and reconnaissance. Of those who have already joined the ranks of snipers, some are leaving. There is always sifting out. I changed my mind, I couldn’t cope, I’m unfit for the job. Such people are simply transferred to other units, for example, to ordinary motorized rifles.

Is some foreign experience used in training our snipers? Is there anything new in sniper business?
In my opinion, all the most important things have long been invented. Sniper business is very painstaking. You need to carefully and especially for yourself “sharpen” the experience that has been accumulated for a long time. The memories of Red Army snipers help a lot in this matter. From exactly foreign experience- we found the German educational film about sniper training, made for training Wehrmacht snipers, useful. For example, the wire fan as the basis for frame camouflage was borrowed from there. We are studying the memories of our veteran snipers and scouts, that’s for sure. Fortunately, they are now on the Internet.

What other types of training are required for a sniper, besides physical, shooting, medical and psychological?
For example, a sniper undergoes additional engineering training. It cannot be said that it is very deep, but it is quite capable of detecting, for example, a mine. Disposal of an explosive object is not the task of a sniper. If he finds it, he’ll just go around it or mark it. Well, engineering reconnaissance has not been canceled.

What does a sniper usually carry with him on a mission?
The less load a sniper carries, the better. The main cargo is weapons, ammunition, instruments, water, food. Sometimes, if conditions allow, a walkie-talkie. The food is very ordinary. Packed rations, chocolate, stewed meat.

How does a sniper feel when he hits an enemy?
There is no remorse or horror. There is satisfaction from a well-done task that was taught. He did his job perfectly - well done, rejoice. What is there to worry about? (Hmm, who killed more than one German from his SVT during the war - the author.)

How do snipers get hit?
Voluntarily. By at will. After a tough selection, of course. Only those who want to serve us. This is in our own interests. Our division special purpose, you need, in addition to discipline, personal aspirations. People come, of course, different ones. There are more sensible ones. From ordinary, but professionally suitable, we make good and excellent snipers. And about the “elite” - this is not just said. This “ideology” is imposed on the recruit, it is extremely important, without it it is difficult to develop and self-develop as a warrior. Yes, some people, as they say, take wings; a sniper rifle, again, not everyone gets it. They even say: only the sniper has a rifle, the rest have weapons. Well, we have distinctive signs. These are chevrons. Chevron must be earned. Only two companies in the entire brigade wear them - snipers and release companies. Chevron is truly prestigious. A great reason to be proud of yourself. The soldiers understand this.

*****

During the sniper run, not only snipers worked in pairs, but also photographers. .
All photos in one gallery
Press Club of the Moscow Region- thanks for stopping by. There, on the link, there is a video from the Zvezda TV channel.

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Mission One: Siege of Tobruk

Our next task is a machine gun on a car. Here you will need the “special vision” mode; by turning on this mode, aim at the gas tank or engine compartment.

Next you need to clear the roadblocks. They are located in the north, be sure to look at the map to get there without any problems. Walk quietly through the gorge, kill two freaks, and now you can neutralize the roadblocks. Don't forget that there are 3-4 Germans at each post.

Where you need to go at the end, the game itself will tell you by showing you a video. In the video, the plane will destroy the gorge and the passage that will appear there and will be our new goal.

Mission two: Gaberun

The final goal is the convoy. You can neutralize it by planting mines and shooting at the weak points of the equipment.

Mission Three: Halfaya Gorge

We move on, keeping to the mountains. On the way we will encounter a checkpoint and 4 enemies, they need to be carefully eliminated, rising even higher, we will need to remove the sentry. From his corpse we take the “beauty rocket launcher”. With the help of such a baby, we destroy the last target, which is located in the gorge. At the end of this task there will be a battle with a tank, so fire 4 shots at the weak points of the tank.

Mission Four: Fort Rufigio

Our goal is the fort. All the guards that we come across along the way can be killed in hand-to-hand combat, thereby not making a fuss. You need to enter the fort from the left; we kill the first batch of Germans with a grenade. We head towards the tower, don’t forget about the guard in the room on the right, we need to search him. You need to move to the tower that is farthest from all the others. Having gone upstairs, we open the camera, while our colleague leaves, we provide him with cover.

Mission Five: Siwa Oasis

Mission Six: Kasserine Pass

Mission seven: Pont Du Fa Airfield

We move back to the beginning of the game. We pass the fence and take a firing position a little higher. We are providing cover for allies who came under enemy fire. In the finale, as always, we destroy the tanks, a couple of machine-gun points and then run to the hangar, where the finale comes in the form of driving out on a truck.

Mission eight: Ratte Factory

We go down using the elevator, new task- plant five detonators. We start walking along the left edge and immediately set up two installations. We return to the elevator, there are guards here, we kill them, rising higher, we install the 4th and 5th installations. Run down again, to the right to the tank, up the stairs and place the last installation. On the street you need to destroy the last batch of Germans.

Having killed everyone, we go to the top of the mountain, where we activate the explosives. Big explosion, factory collapsed, congratulations on completing the game, thanks and other honors.

We move along the bridge to the central location. In an open area, the tactics are as follows: we fired a rifle, and immediately ran into the nearest well, and we sat there until the alarm passed. You can move forward like this for a long time until you come to the central gate. Our main goal is further, deeper into the yard.

We go into the main entrance. We immediately kill the enemy on the left. We go to him, search him, and shoot with a silent pistol. After a little clearing, go to the right, towards the sniper position, take it, shoot at the enemies as much as possible, but keep in mind that the enemies will still hear your shot, so be prepared to repel attacks.

After you have cleared the environment, go towards the star, climb the stairs and enter the room. We watch a video about the note containing secret information, after which we eavesdrop on a conversation between two soldiers. The main thing to pay attention to is the officer we need with a wound in the arm. Now we leave the room, shooting as quietly as possible the surrounding Krauts, and climb to the very top, lie down, take out binoculars and wait for the three officers to meet, talk and disperse. Look closely at their hands. The officer we need will be on the left. His hand will be rewound, which can only be seen through binoculars. You can't shoot at them. We wait for them to disperse, get off, and then we can knock down one, then the other, and bring the main one with a bandaged hand to the end until he comes to the door of the house. After that, he needs to be searched. You now have Valen's diary.

All that remains is to fight our way to the exit. Destroy soldiers and especially snipers, do not leave them behind. Closer to the exit you will have to deal with a tank. He will drive around in circles. There will be a building in the center. Climb the stairs to the second floor of this building, there will be a Faustpatron. Take it, go down, go to the rear of the tank and hit it from behind or on the side. Try not to hit the track, but take it higher. Otherwise, you will knock down the caterpillar, and the turret will rotate, and you only have one cartridge. So it will be hard for you. If you are hit in such a way that the tank’s turret does not rotate, calmly approach from behind, place dynamite under the tank, move away and shoot at the dynamite. It explodes and the tank is destroyed.

Next we follow to the exit. We watch a short cutscene, after which we will need to destroy two snipers who came out on the right. One is killed almost immediately, but the second one will have to tinker. Climb onto the second floor of the building, opposite it, go to the left window and shoot accurately, then move back to the armored vehicle. That's it, the level is completed.

“In sniper courses, the trainer (or let’s call him a sniper instructor) pays great attention not only to technical, physical, but also PSYCHOLOGICAL training. A sniper lives with his cargo (killed people, God forbid, of course) all his life. He remembers everyone he served. And not everyone can live peacefully with this “photo album”. Our shooting coach told a lot of stories about how people broke down after their first one and asked to go anywhere but with a “paddle” in the mountains. Psychologically, a person suitable for this military profession is very different from ordinary people."

Your opinion about modern use The number of snipers in the Armed Forces is divided into special forces officers. Perhaps some of his conclusions may seem overly harsh, but they were made on the basis of rich combat experience. The author's style has been preserved.

An inquisitive young man probably has such a picture before his eyes. Here he is, alone with his trusty sniper rifle, making his way through territory controlled by members of illegal armed groups (fascists, zombies, orcs). He is wearing a tattered “goblin” type cloak, and his face is covered in smudges of camouflage makeup. And so he alone “executes” the defendant, having finally seen his face, distorted in anticipation of imminent death. Doesn't remind you of anything? Yep, the movie Sniper starring Tom Berenger.

Another romantic of “sniping”, who played both “Doom” and “Contra” on the computer, ran around with a paintball “chat” and “performed” more than a dozen defendants, decides: this is it, mine! Moreover, spring is the time for conscription. Where should I go? Join the army, become snipers! Yeah, right now. Well, shall we begin to slowly become disillusioned?

Let's take off the rose-colored glasses

Sniper courses? Has anyone seen these courses? For example, in civilian life? Naturally not. There are bullet shooting sections and the like. But they won't train a sniper there. The coach in the section will probably be a real master of sports or even a champion and a good teacher. If you have the makings and abilities, then you will be trained as an athlete, not a sniper. Of course, this gives you skills, you gain experience in handling weapons, determining the distance to targets, calculating corrections, and so on. But the experience, you see, is specific.

You will shoot from a sporting rifle, this time. You will perform sports exercises, and not at a live target, that's two. Your target will be either static or moving according to the conditions of the exercise and will be located at the established ranges. You will be wearing a comfortable sports uniform, you will be well-fed and well rested. Well, perhaps you, as a well-trained athlete, will become a little “melancholic”, and nothing will irritate you or distract you from the conditions of the exercise. But sport and performing a combat mission are radically different (more on that below).

If you, having experience in training in the bullet shooting section, were drafted into the army and you were sent to specialized training (of which we have a couple left), no sniper instructor will train you PSYCHOLOGICALLY! Does he need it? Where is the “Manual on the psychological preparation of a sniper”? There's no such thing. And all that dregs that wanders on the Internet as educational material, no good.

About a heavy photo album

Let's go back to the preface: “The sniper lives with his load...”. What a poor fellow! You see, he has a photo album in front of his eyes, it interferes with his life. Is such a “photo album” possible in principle?

From an SVD, for example, the optimal range when shooting prone to hit the enemy’s head is 400 meters. And who among us, even with a PSO-1 sight, is able to see a face at such a distance? What kind of “photo album” is this? If someone were to shoot at a real target, he would most likely see a dark, contorted figure - and nothing more. In order to shoot at the “person of interest”, seeing his face, there are other snipers. And believe me, they serve in other structures, and not in the RF Armed Forces and not even in the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. But we are still talking about the Armed Forces, so we continue to analyze the preface. Someone’s trainer said that after the “first” the sniper broke down and did not ask to “paddle through the mountains.” Why then was he taken at all?

Imagine that the group commander broke down after the first battle, the reconnaissance sapper after the first “lifting” from real result he drank himself to death, the artilleryman went to a monastery after the first successful attack, etc. In my opinion, this is stupidity.

About Tom, ours, Berenger

Okay, let's leave the preface. Let's deal with Tom our Berenger. Cinema is cinema. So Tom’s character received the task of removing the head of a drug cartel. Our hero goes to complete the task. Let's consider what he brings with him.

Well, the first thing, of course, is the rifle. In my opinion, M24, if it’s wrong, correct it. Its weight in running order is 7 kilograms and about two hundred and sixty grams, this includes straps for transportation and optics. Next, the ammunition for the task is at least one hundred rounds. The weight of the NATO cartridge is 7.62 X51 - 15.7 grams. In total, together with pouches for carrying them, another 3 kilograms. Tom's second weapon was the good old M1911 A Colt. Weight 1 kilogram 120 grams. 100 pieces of 45-caliber pistol cartridges - another 1.5 kilograms. Signal and smoke flares - 1 kilogram. Grenades, 4 pieces, another 3 kilograms. Facilities technical intelligence, say, binoculars with a built-in rangefinder - 1 kilogram. Means of communication. Since Tom is walking alone, he has a means of communication with the Combat Operations Center. The terrain is mountainous and forested, and AN/PRC radios operating in the VHF range will not work, which means something stronger is needed. Let's take a satellite station with a previously allocated channel. So, it will be AN/PSC-5, powered by two batteries, each weighing 2.04 kilograms, and the station itself weighs about 2.8 kilograms. Let's not forget about spare batteries, which means plus 4 kilograms. Well, a storage device, input-output device, headset - another 1 kilogram.

Isn't it hard for you, Tom? But there is also a cape, a camouflage suit - it’s 1.5 kilograms without branches and leaves. An individual first aid kit weighs 0.5 kilograms. Water, packed rations, replacement socks, a knife with a survival kit, a rug, a poncho, etc. add up to another seven kilograms. Now let's do the math. I ended up with about 40 kilograms. Taking into account the requirements of secrecy, the valiant sniper is dropped off 15 kilometers from the mission area. At the same time, he must stamp his feet, penetrate as close to the object as possible and destroy the subject. But in the movies we see a cheerful bison sniper, absolutely not tired while walking in the humid atmosphere of a mountainous and wooded area. In the frame there are only flirty streaks of camouflage makeup.

How did you carry out additional exploration of the site alone? How did you get in? Oh, how beautiful everything is in the movies! But in reality? Have you tried crawling up a hill with a load of at least 20 kilograms when the temperature is thirty to forty degrees, or even more? One man, of course, is less noticeable in the jungle than a group, but even alone, if you are half Tom Berenger and half John Rambo, little good will happen. The fatigue is too great, both moral and physical. Under favorable conditions, the transition on an unfamiliar route will last a day or more. This means that it is necessary to precisely coordinate and time-verify the actions of the withdrawal subgroup, and to verify information from informants and intelligence down to the smallest nuances. Take into account a bunch of factors, including force majeure. A sniper, even if he gets to the object in time and penetrates the perimeter, most likely will not be able to shoot. To more or less successfully eliminate a subject, based on the practice of various departments, at least a couple is required, and preferably a group of four people. Then something will look more or less plausible.

Like really

Well, now a little bit of realism. When did we actually use snipers, and exactly as they are portrayed on some Internet forums - as a free, lonely hunter?

In the North Caucasus region? I remember the first Chechen campaign. There was a sniper in my group. Do you think I let him go somewhere a few kilometers away to “free hunt”? In fact, a scout with a banal SVD moved a maximum of 100 meters away from the group and was always within sight or audibility. He worked according to my target instructions or according to whoever he noticed. Often, my cry, when I didn’t see the result: “Well, did you hit it?”, was followed by a simple answer: “Oh, who knows, I think I fell.”

When conducting reconnaissance and combat operations in urban conditions, I used a sniper on my own instinct, which, as it turned out later, was correct. When moving in city neighborhoods, he was always close to me in order of battle. A scout was always paired with him. When scouting a house, this couple did not go inside; they were used as an observation group. The second scout was left with a station and binoculars, several rocket-propelled grenades or RPGs. The couple monitored the windows and insured the exits. A sniper with an SVD has nothing to do in the house. When conducting reconnaissance and search operations in a mountainous and wooded area, the sniper was in his regular place in the group’s battle formation. In other special forces units, as far as I am informed, snipers acted in exactly the same way. They were posted “as a counter” in the detachment’s deployment area or air traffic control area, but no one went anywhere alone. True, there were exceptions, this concerned officers, but even those did not go further than a kilometer from the detachment. The second campaign was exactly the same. I'm sure there will be a lot of people who want to challenge my opinion. For God's sake! Only I operate with facts. About a conditional sniper in a real combat situation

So, you are the team leader. You have a regular number of snipers. Will you send your scout, conscript or contract soldier, alone or together, to “execute” someone? The question is - who? Does the group commander really have information about any persons involved (leaders of illegal armed groups) in the detachment’s area of ​​responsibility? It’s unlikely, or rather, it doesn’t have it. It is good if the detachment commander and the head of the operational intelligence department have established contact with the operational intelligence groups operating in the area, with “operators” from other bodies and departments that have their own agents. Then there will be information, but the detachment commander himself will hardly be able to implement it, and even less so the group commander or company commander. In order to launch the Special Forces RG to complete a mission, a combat order from a higher headquarters is necessary. And the order is signed by the group’s intelligence chief and chief of staff. The order is, of course, sent to the detachment, and checked by the head of the department. The order is not made in a vacuum. Studying the situation in the detachment’s area of ​​responsibility, collecting information from all sources, coordination in all structures, checking information on several types of intelligence (radio, human intelligence, aerial thermal imaging), information from locals, information from other interacting structures, etc. - this is what precedes the adoption of a specific decision. So, I have never drawn up a single order to send a sniper (thrice experienced). And other leaders too. I'm talking about my combat experience from 2000 to last year, 2012. And if I did, the head of the department would twist his head and send me... Well, what if he didn’t send me? Imagine: for the sake of one person (even the most highly trained sniper), you need to start an operational case, coordinate covering artillery fire, and keep the group ready for evacuation. What about the connection? He's a sniper, not a radio operator. And there’s no way without it, we don’t have small-sized satellite stations like Tom, which means we have to carry the ARK station. Although no, you’re going far, but she’s dear, you’ll still lose her. Therefore, you are wearing the usual R-159 with T-240 classification equipment and a set of spare batteries for it. And so on... Considering the realities, our sniper, unlike the movie hero, will carry a load of about 60 kilograms. But we also need to plan helicopter sorties. But, as usual, there is no weather, and the plane was assigned to the commander, so the sniper will go on foot. Do you think he'll go? No. After all, among other things, he knows well the stories about spies-murderers. About those who exterminate local residents, and those who like to collect wild garlic far from home and with a machine gun in their hands. He remembers that after a couple of clashes, the entire detachment was overrun by prosecutors and demanded to confess to criminal acts. The intelligence officer is now savvy, he is well aware that he has no legal basis for scurrying through the forests and eliminating those involved.

Therefore, our experienced sniper will go out peacefully behind the parapet, set up a day’s rest about a hundred meters from the camp and will sit there the entire time the group is performing a combat mission, awaiting target designation from the commander.

About weapons

What else? Why do I write all the time about the SVD, because we still have models in service. For example, VSS. Range - 400 meters. The weapon is specialized and has performed well, but in the context about which we're talking about It probably doesn’t fit very well into the material. There have been cases when, in the presence of several VSS and AS in the RGSpN, very successful silent ambushes were carried out, but you must agree that in order to “execute” the person involved there must be a certain margin both in range and in terms of application capabilities.

Well, for the rest of the rifles. B-94 weighs 11.7 kilograms, sighting range shooting almost two kilometers with a 13x scope. So tell me, is this “stupid” necessary to be carried around in a group? It happened that they carried it a couple of times, but they quickly refused. In the forest, a range of two kilometers is useless. And the rifle is large-caliber and specific. To work with it, a sniper must be trained. Long and hard. In the winter of 2000, guys from a related department came with us, namely a sniper couple. We reached the forest and stopped, and realized that there was no point in going further. This rifle is good for combat operations in urban environments, and as an anti-sniper weapon. Its penetration is good, but our sniper, who this moment It only serves for a year, it is of no use at all.

The SV-98 caliber 7.62 X54, manufactured on the basis of the sports "Record", shoots accurately at 800 meters. The rifle is expensive, snipers need to be trained, but they only last a year. What is the point? They'll break it or lose it, but what's the result?

I’m generally silent about foreign samples like AV or HK. Is there an alternative to an inexpensive and simple, as five kopecks, SVD? Maybe there is. For example, the same Mosin SVM rifle. Cheap and cheerful. Attach optics and target designators, shoot and go. Our cartridge is 7.62 X54, sighting range is 2000 meters, lethal range is 3000 meters. I tried. It's okay, it'll work for us. If you know how to shoot. About a sniper platoon

What are the current realities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, which in recent years have received a so-called “new look”. It turns out that in the states of motorized rifle and airborne brigades platoons of snipers have appeared!

I have a question: for what? As we see now fighting in the event of a real big war or a simple local conflict? We are moving away from old dogmas. At numerous training camps, we, officers at least at the level of brigade commander, were shown “new ways” of conducting combat operations. For example, an air assault brigade conducts an offensive with the forces of several separate battalions in its front line, bypassing fortified areas and areas and breaking into operational space with the support of attack aircraft, helicopters and artillery. Pockets of resistance are bypassed from the flanks and left to be torn to pieces by high-precision weapons - artillery and bomber aircraft. Why then use snipers during deep raid operations of battalions? How will this platoon be used?

When conducting defense it becomes even more interesting. The line of contact between troops will now occupy a width not of several hundred meters, but of several kilometers, which consists of the range of artillery of all levels: from the brigade to the operational command level, the range of hitting targets missile forces, mining strips, barriers, range of technical reconnaissance equipment and much more. Major exercises with a defensive theme showed just this. That is, the target ranges for snipers will already be beyond 1000 meters. Based on the performance characteristics of the SVD, what follows? That's right, we need another rifle, the same B-94. Our defense industry will be able to provide all sniper platoons of brigades long-range rifles? Hardly...

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