How Military Snipers Work

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2011

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Military snipers always work in pairs, and they're called force multipliers because of the profound effect a two-man team can have on a rival military. But how do they work? Join Josh and Chuck to learn more about snipers.

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
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0:45.8	Hey and welcome to the podcast on Josh Clark with me is Charles W. Chuck Bryant.
0:50.5	You could call us something of a podcast sniping team taking out all MPR suckers ahead of us.
0:57.1	That would make me the spotter, which I like.
0:59.6	Did you think so? You're the spotter?
1:02.0	I think it'd be a good sniper actually.
1:04.2	I think we could reasonably trade off with that.
1:06.6	You know what I mean? Wouldn't you eventually become envious?
1:09.6	Like, you know, I'm tired of spotting.
1:13.0	I want to pull the trigger.
1:14.3	Like Michael Douglas's teenage daughter in traffic thinking about shooting heroin.
1:21.3	You know, she starts out snorting it, ends up shooting it.
1:24.6	Just because she's around it so much.
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