US Army
A Norwegian Army Telemark Battalion sniper team takes aim at targets across a valley on Sept. 11, 2018 during the International Special Training Centre High-Angle/Urban Course at the Hochfilzen Training Area, Austria.
Military snipers from several NATO countries recently practiced high-angle shooting in the Austrian Alps.
Snipers from Belgium, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, the United States, and other NATO countries practiced the shooting from Sept. 9-14 at the International Special Training Centre's High-Angle/Urban course at the Hochfilzen Training Area.
"High-angle shooting is when you shoot further than 300 meters at angles greater than 15 degrees," Lt. Alexander Rishovd, a sniper instructor assigned to the Norwegian Army Land Warfare Centre, said.
"Imagine the whole shooting process being a triangle and the sniper is on top, the line of sight to the target at the other end is greater than the distance the bullet travels in a flat line," Rishovd said. "With the greater the angle the more the deviation between the line of sight and the distance that gravity has to affect the bullet."
And the pictures are stunning.
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