As a matter of interest I noticed on at least one encounter near Basra early in the piece that a US squad were using 'marksmen' rifles when they were standing off a village at several hundred yards. Anyone know what they were using? I also watched a doco on 'snipers' on the History Channel recently where, again, the latest weapon of choice in the sniper units was a long, heavy barrelled weapon. Might have even been a manual weapon.