| optional field | 02 Jun 2013 2:11 p.m. PST |
What is the rifle the man in the picture is holding? |
| thejoker | 02 Jun 2013 2:23 p.m. PST |
Could be a ‘M99 anti-materiel / sniper rifle (PR China) ‘ as I have read reports of them being seen in Syria. link |
| Ron W DuBray | 02 Jun 2013 3:43 p.m. PST |
Yup that is what it is with the folded bi-pod and bigger sight/scope. |
Uesugi Kenshin  | 02 Jun 2013 6:57 p.m. PST |
That's a big gun you got there fella! |
| peterx | 02 Jun 2013 7:30 p.m. PST |
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| Charles Marlow | 02 Jun 2013 9:32 p.m. PST |
The guy looks ridiculous. |
| Maddaz111 | 02 Jun 2013 10:42 p.m. PST |
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| Veteran Cosmic Rocker | 03 Jun 2013 1:31 a.m. PST |
15mm figure holding a 28mm gun |
| Gaz0045 | 03 Jun 2013 2:53 a.m. PST |
LOL "scale creep"……..BMF gun. |
| Jeff Ewing | 03 Jun 2013 7:40 a.m. PST |
I always sort of snicker at WH40K type snipers with giant guns -- no more! |
| Lion in the Stars | 03 Jun 2013 8:04 a.m. PST |
.50cal or bigger rifles aren't exactly small… |
| morrigan | 03 Jun 2013 10:05 a.m. PST |
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| Uesugi Kenshin | 03 Jun 2013 10:54 a.m. PST |
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| Milites | 03 Jun 2013 11:16 a.m. PST |
The barrel looks nearly as thick as his forearms, he looks like he'd snap in half if he fired it! On a more serious note, when the goodies are handed out, in such situations, do they go to the most competent users or is it based on nepotism and who knows who? |
| Rubber Suit Theatre | 03 Jun 2013 11:27 a.m. PST |
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| optional field | 03 Jun 2013 6:42 p.m. PST |
I'm glad it didn't just look like an out of scale weapon to me, and it has certainly made me reconsider my ideas of scale in figures. I also cannot help but feel a certain pathos that it will likely be used to take another human being's life (the picture is from Syria). |
| Splod89 | 03 Jun 2013 8:25 p.m. PST |
With the cost associated with .50 rounds I doubt they'd generally be used against individuals. They're called anti-materiel rifles for a reason. |
| kabrank | 04 Jun 2013 1:07 a.m. PST |
Anti Material is only a nice way of saying heavy sniper rifle. As far as I am aware Barrats were use in Iraq for long range sniping of individuals [outside 7.62mm range] as well as against vehicles etc |
| Thomas Nissvik | 04 Jun 2013 1:08 a.m. PST |
Splod, cost is not a problem to people who get the ammo for free. A friend of mine worked in a field hospital during the Balkan wars in the early '90s. He saw kids that had been shot with .50 sniper rifles. |
bases up the start of his 1:72 scale WWII Russians.
