Quoted: Why would a"sniper" be using a red-dot scope? Sounds kinda Hollywood to me. Oh yeah , and his spotter had a suppresed M-16? Is that SOP?
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You have to consider the method of employment. The Delta snipers on those missions were essentially heliborne sharpshooters. Their mission was delivering precision rifle fire from orbitting choppers. In that mission a high precision Leupold M3 would be an absolute waste of time. A red dot scope provides the fast target acquisition and aiming needed to hit the target from the chopper without bothering with all the crap that a real sniper scope requires.
Delta also use(d) M16 variants in this role pretty much as SOP, Shugart was unusual in choosing the M14 for that role. Range was low and the mission wasn't so much a matter of killing with one shot kills, but inflicting casualties. THe M16 is pretty good at that, especially when you have to take fast shots at targets of opportunity.
The armament carried by Shugart and Gordon makes sense when you consider the mode of employment. It would be way wrong for conventional sniping, but that wasn't the mission in Mog.