DISCONTINUED Alpine Miniatures 16008 Modern USMC Sniper

United States Armed Forces ) are currently the most powerful and strongest troops in the world, with an active staff of approximately 1.36 million people and a budget of $ 686 billion in 2018. One of their most important components is the ground army, i.e. the United States Army, in which 476,000 soldiers in the line served in 2017. Snipers and sharpshooters play a significant role in the structure of individual US Army units. In addition to handling small arms, they are also trained to perform the tasks of Forward Air Cotrollers, conducting Forward Observers, often combined with conducting their own artillery and mortar fire. Snipers and sharpshooters are assigned to multiple units in the US Army. For example, in the Stryker car company, which is part of the Stryker Brigade Combat Team, there is a Snipe Team consisting of three soldiers: a sniper, an observer and a security soldier. Its soldiers are armed with: 7.62 mm M24 sniper rifle, 12.7 mm M107 sniper rifle and an M16 rifle with an M203 grenade launcher.