CMFDR Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 - Issue: Referring to the Canadian Army's "Sniping" publication (B-GL-392-005/FP-001, dated from 2006-01-18), Canadian Sniper Teams (C3A, C14, and C15) may have an amount of ammunition that could be optimized.- Situation : From the aforementioned publication : 22. The detachment consists of two sniper teams, each equipped with a Medium Range Sniper Weapon (MRSW)(...)[or] with a Long Range Sniper Weapon (LRSW) for materiel targets or with a Short Range Sniper Weapon (SRSW) (...) 24. The basic ammunition load for a dismounted sniper detachment should be as follows: a. LRSW (50 cal) Match round x 30; b. LRSW (50 cal) Materiel neutralizing round x 30; c. MRSW Match round x 160; d. SRSW Match round x 200; e. 5.56 mm ball x 900; f. 40 mm HE x 24; g. 40 mm smoke x 6; h. 40 mm illumination x 6; i. 9 mm pistol ball x 52; j. Grenade, frag x 4; k. Grenade, smoke x 4; and l. M18A1 Command Detonated Munition (Claymore) x 2. (...) - Suggestions : C3A Sniper Team set the 5.56mm ammunition amount to 450 set the 7.62mm ammunition amount to 100 set the 40x46mm HE to 12 set the 40x46mm HEDP to 0 set the Grenade amount to 2 set the Smoke grenade amount to 2 C14 Sniper Team set the 5.56mm ammunition amount to 450 set the .338 Lapua ammunition amount to 80 set the 40x46mm HE to 12 set the 40x46mm HEDP to 0 set the Grenade amount to 2 set the Smoke grenade amount to 2 C15 Sniper set the 5.56mm ammunition amount to 450 set the .50 Mk211 ammunition amount to 30 set the 40x46mm HE to 12 set the 40x46mm HEDP to 0 set the Grenade amount to 2 set the Smoke grenade amount to 2 - add .338 Lapua rounds to vehicles' ammunition reserves. - as other NATO Sniper team also have a similar basic ammunition load, the suggestions above may be applied to the German and Dutch Sniper teams. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Canadian Cat - was IanL Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 Nice - I augmented the previous report to include info on all three CF sniper team loadouts. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOG Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 It would be also good to acquire 7.62 ammo from vehicles in smaller ammounts for sniper teams. If I remember well the smallest amount is 500 rounds. Too much for one sniper. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 (edited) +1 It's great when designers include vehicles that have much lower ammo load-outs. But, it is a pain on set-up to dismount snipers or Red squads and remount (often having to split em first) just to get 100-200 rounds of ammo purely for the sniper rifles. Same for smaller teams of 2-3 men eg HQ's, AT, AA etc. Designers can also provide transports that have less than 100% ammo. (They may then need to provide more transports so that there is enuff ammo for the other full size squads that do require 500+ rounds.) eg: MOS did that in his superb Tactical Ops Center scenario. But, most designers either don't know they can do that or can't be bothered. Edited May 13, 2019 by Erwin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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