DoubleTapper continues his series on snipers.
IDF Snipers are indoctrinated in one of three courses:
1. Four week basic snipers course for infantry units.
2. Three week basic snipers course for Special Forces units’ personal.
3. .50 caliber shooting course.

What is the collective plural of “sniper”? A “shot” of snipers?
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The Israelis, and their ancient forerunners, have had a history of snipers going back at least 3000 years since David famously took out Goliath with a sniper-esque head shot.
The Doubletapper has written an article on the history of IDF snipers since the turbulent beginning of the modern Israeli state. Well worth reading.
Rachel Papo photographed IDF woman as as part of her masters thesis project. It is very well done.

Just about every photo features an M16. So I am justified in blogging it 
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After feeding him some of my wife’s famous lasagna (we always feed our servicemen) he gave me a dry demo of the new Tavor Commando and let me try it out.

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