Australia and Viet Nam

Blimey!

Snipers? No idea.

I bet Adrian or Hinge or someone will know.

Meanwhile - some links:


http://www.naa.gov.au/Publications/fact_sheets/FS117.html

http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/vietnam.htm

http://library.trinity.wa.edu.au/subjects/sose/austhist/vietnam.htm

The short answer re the war in general is we went - it was just as divisive here as in the USA - and we got out in 1972.

you guys had about 35, 000 over there didyou not?

The most that were there at once was about 8,000 or so. All up about 50,000 or so served over about 10 years.

500 dead.

2,500 wounded.

For no good reason....

Anyway, as for snipers. What do you want to know?

just wondering if theywere used... if so how big of an impact they had. what they used...

They were used, but not as much as you guys. We didn't have whole units of them or anything. The SAS get sniper training but usually have more important things to do. Riflemen can train as snipers, they are usually assigned to recconaissance units, and work in two man teams.

I have been trying to find a reference on what type of weapons they used back then but so far no luck.

My guess would be Remington 700's but it is only that... a guess.

Snipers have a bigger reputation than there actual battlefield effectiveness warrants IMO.

i agree with you on that one. i also thank that if a sniper was effective then its something you wouldnt really hear that much about...