Europe Best Sniper Team Competition 2018 (Part 2)
Last week we enjoyed looking at a number of pictures from Europe’s Best Sniper Team Competition.
As you can see in the pictures, you need to be able to handle a variety of situations and firearms to score and win. Everything from medical care to shooting at targets with a pistol or sniping at long distances, in the strangest positions.
There are 36 sniper teams from 19 nations competing in the U.S. Army Europe-directed, Europe Best Sniper Team Competition held at the 7th Army Training Command’s Grafenwoehr Training Area in Bavaria, Germany, from July 28 – Aug. 2, 2018.
The Europe Best Sniper Team Competition will test competitor’s marksmanship skills, physical prowess, and mental agility while engaging in team building competition. The teams are Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Sweden, United Kingdom and the United States.
Below: A Belgium soldier fires his FN SCAR in 7,62 mm through a slotted barricade. This is quite tricky, as there is no room for the handguard to fit and you have to tilt the rifle to see the targets which will change your ballistics. He is also, possibly, shooting with barrel support and that will for sure change your point of impact.
Below: That’s a nice camouflage on the TRG M10.
Below: A SAKO TRG M10 in the hands of a Polish snipers, scope seems to be a Hensoldt ZF 3.5-26 x 56 and the mount is a Spuhr.
(U.S. Army photo by Markus Rauchenberger)
Below: French soldiers in the same situation. Note that they have full gear on.
Sako TRG M10. Atlas bipod.
Below: A French soldier engages targets during the field fire event. I guess this is a Heckler & Koch HK417.
Below: This picture gives you an idea of the distances and challenges, in this case for some French snipers.
Below: Now time for some Finnish snipers, and SAKO TRG. A Kahles scope in a Spuhr mount, with a NightForce protection lens cover.
Below: Finnish soldier with what I think is a RK62 (M?)
Below: Presumably a Sako TRG 42, used by a Danish sniper. Caliber .338 LM.
Here’s one of the videos from the event. This is from the Bulgarians using a Heckler & Koch MSG90 A2. Note that they are NOT using any hearing protection at all, that must be awful.
Next week we’ll have a look at Part 3, the last pictures from the event and the winners.
Ex-Arctic Ranger. Competitive practical shooter and hunter with a European focus. Always ready to increase my collection of modern semi-automatics, optics, thermals and suppressors. TCCC Certified. Occasionaly seen in a 6x6 Bug Out Vehicle, always with a big smile.
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The pistol is a variant of the Wist-94 with a railed frame instead of a plain one or a built in laser. The only good pictures i can find of it are on a page in, you guessed it, Polish.
Belgian camo is super aesthetic