The Firearm Blog » idf http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog Firearms not Politics Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:13:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 IDF Sniper Training http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2008/12/05/idf-sniper-training/ http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2008/12/05/idf-sniper-training/#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:32:33 +0000 Steve http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=3574 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.

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What is the collective plural of “sniper”? A “shot” of snipers?

More here.

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The Doubletapper has written an article on the history of IDF snipers since the turbulent beginning of the modern Israeli state. Well worth reading.

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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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