 Hello everyone Dylan Schumacher citadel defense and we are back with another edition of tactical book review today's book is the special forces sniper training and employment FM 3-05 dot 2 2 2 This is the April 2003 version. It's US military Army manual for sniper training. I Started reading this one back in August of 22 which you can see up here and I never finished it so full disclosure I haven't read the whole thing. I got about 60 to 70 percent of the way through Something like that around here ish of how much I read, okay? And I mean, you know, this is not necessarily a light reading, right? You can just find a PDF online and print it. That's what I did hence the self-minding and all that So again, haven't read the whole thing. So take it with a grain of salt, right? Truth be told it just got boring I got bored and I just couldn't bring myself to read it and I lost pleasure reading it And so I went on to read other things thinking maybe sometime I'll circle back and who knows maybe I will But for now, I'm just gonna do the quick and dirty on it. So some good things about this book One I think it's super applicable to guys like me who are just everyday guys Because the way the the US Army special forces does snipers is two-man teams, right? You have a shooter and a spotter and so they talk through in here how to do that, right? And typically you're talking about two guys, you know patrolling or stalking Goes into that in the book what stalking means and whatever Up to a place where they're gonna take a shot on a target, right? And then these two guys have to work well together for the spotter to Help call the shot and call the windage and call the distance and stuff like that and the shooter to actually execute the shot And then they got to sneak away, right? So there's a lot of good things in there just for the everyday American minute, ma'am as far as having the ability to Be sneaky to take sneaky shots to work in small teams, right? Because again two guys You can find a buddy, right and I think there's a lot of value in there So if you and a buddy wanted to print this off and read it and then work on the stuff in this book together That'd be a fantastic Use of your time for you and your buddy They talk a lot about field craft and again stealth and camouflage Which are all super useful things for the American man who's gonna work in small teams anyway to know this book does Spend in obsequious. I hope I'm using that word, right? Correctly. Is that right? I'm gonna look it up Obsequious obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree. I'm using it correctly That's what I'm trying to say this book spends in obsequious amount of time on External ballistics, right and trying to get the bullet right in the right spot now granted Hey, I get it they're snipers and they're trying to get first-round hits at five six seven eight nine Hundred a thousand yards, right? So I get I understand why the detail is there and why they go into it because you know, that's kind of your whole job, right? So I understand why they spend a lot of time, but honestly when it comes to external ballistics, I'm just too much of a grunt I'm just kind of you know Point and shoot and kind of keep shooting and that's that's kind of it So if that's you though if you like to nerd out over external ballistics You'll enjoy this book because it spends a lot of time on that if you're more like me and you're like, you know Don't really care skip that part because when it gets to the field craft and the other things There is a lot of value that you as again every day American minute man grunt guy can learn from so would still recommend it For that reason if you're able to make it through this whole thing good for you It's not difficult reading but again like most American military manuals, right? It can get a little boring and get a little long can get a little abhorious So get it read it if you're interested I do think there's definitely some value in here again Especially coming back to the fact that this is designed to work as a two-man team And that can be beneficial to you because you probably don't have a whole platoon behind you Hope that's helpful. Hope that gives you some ideas If nothing else print it off and keep it as a reference material do brave deeds and endure