by Rob Maylor
PTI
physical training instructors
Q
quarter-master
QRF
quick reaction force
RPG
rocket-propelled grenade
RPs
restriction of privileges
RSM
regimental sergeant major
RUC
Royal Ulster Constabulary
RV
rendezvous
SAS
Special Air Service
SASR
Special Air Service Regiment
SF
sustained fire
SNCO
senior noncommissioned officer
SOP
standard operating procedure
SRO
special recovery operations
SSM
squadron sergeant major
STG
Special Tactics Group
TCL
tactical coordination line
TGT
target
TI
thermal imagers
TNI
Indonesian Army (Tentara Nasional Indonesia)
TOW
tube-launched, optically tracked, wire command, data link, guided missile
UFF
Ulster Freedom Fighters
Me with an average Bathurst goat.
Waiting for a night extraction by Black Hawk in East Timor.
Airborne rappelling from a Black Hawk during a training day, Maliana, East Timor.
The end of a patrol in East Timor–this was a patrol where we used a tracker dog.
Tying off to a tree during a live fire field exercise.
In the Afghan mountains–looking north from an elevated Observation Post from behind a .338 sniper rifle.
On a 6×6 Polaris ATV in Afghanistan.
Destroying ordnance from a severely damaged long-range patrol vehicle after being hit by an IED.
An American AME Black Hawk coming in to pick up Sean McCarthy.
Providing security while the specialist engineers cleared a suspect area of the track.
Looking down over IED alley. It was at the top of this feature that we found three decapitated locals from Saraw.
Riding through the villages just outside of TK. Dave O’Neil is on my left.
Typical Oruzgãn terrain. The vegetation and high mud brick walled compounds provide excellent cover for the Taliban, and high and inaccessible mountain ranges give them perfect observation conditions.
An Australian Forward Operating Base named after Lockie.
A 5AVN Chinook landed for extraction after a night patrol.
Leaving from a tight valley after successful patrol and–one Taliban KIA.
1 Load: Safety catch is checked it is on SAFE and then a magazine is
placed into the weapon.
Action: Safety catch is rechecked and the cocking handle is pulled
back then released. The bolt will guide a round into the chamber
and lock it in place. Sights are checked or adjusted.
Instant: Safety catch is switched from SAFE to FIRE.
SNIPER ELITE. Copyright © 2010 by Rob Maylor with Robert Macklin. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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ISBN: 978-1-4668-0030-4
Originally published in Australia and New Zealand under the title SAS Sniper by Hachette Australia, an imprint of Hachette Australia Pty Limited