Within hours of their arrival in Iraq, a grenade bounced off one of the battalion's Land Rovers, rolled underneath and detonated. The ambush marked the beginning of a full-scale firefight during which Mills killed a man with a round that removed his assailant's head. It was going to be a long tour. A truly stunning story. I have read this 4 times and it's still as captivating now as the first time' 5***** Reader rReview Read more Details When Sgt. Dan Mills and the rest of the 1st Battalion, The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment flew into Iraq in April, 2004, they were supposed to be winning hearts and minds. They were soon fighting for their lives. Sniper Elite 4 is a combination of stealth and sniping, playing as Karl, a secret OSS agent. So, apart from typical shooting, exploration of locations is an integral part of the missions, and there, a pistol with a silencer comes in handy more often. Semi-open maps have been designed for this type of gameplay, bringing both sniper nests for clearing enemy camps from a distance and detailed building interiors.

Because within days of arriving in theatre, Mills and his men were caught up in the longest, most sustained fire fight British troops had faced for over fifty years.This is a solid book, fully equipped with diagrams and photographs to guide the reader through the action. An interpreter might have been handy to get me through some of the Brit terms, but you should have little trouble with most of them. You know: rummaging through the boot and walking about with a head torch and all that. Then you get gems like this from P.240: A truly stunning story. I have read this 4 times and it's still as captivating now as the first time' 5***** Reader Review

Like CS GO, the Battlefield series probably doesn't need a detailed introduction. For almost 20 years, it has been providing us with extraordinary emotions during great, full-scale online battles. And that means not only footsoldier battles, but also tanks, armored vehicles, planes, helicopters, and in some installments also ships, horses, or huge Zeppelins! No matter what era of war Battlefield presents us with – modern conflicts, Vietnam, World War I or World War II – there's always room for sniper action. Lone wolves can work just as well here as close-knit teams providing the sniper with protection and an extra pair of eyes when observing targets. What does a typical sniper mission look like?One of the best action writers I've had the pleasure of reading in a long while, Mills holds your interest not only during the firefights but also when telling you about camp routine or describing military equipment. He spares you much of the history of his regiment and his own life story, telling you just enough to acquaint you with both but not so much that your mind wanders off. He relates all manner of detail about the platoon: the rivalries, the practical jokes, even the sexual deviancy where applicable. Some passages of this book will probably have you laughing out loud. Some parts will make you glad you're not a sniper, like the time Mills' number two had to catch his steaming number two in plastic film while Mills shat and shot at the same time. The first thing that the reader has to accept is that snipers are a breed apart. They are specialists and they take great pride in their skill. To them, the more lethally effective they are, the better the chances of their comrades (and themselves) going home alive. If you deplore war, then don't read the book! Dan Mills doesn't pretend to be anything but a very effective specialist who enjoys being successful - bringing maximum harm to the enemy. Dan Mills and his platoon of snipers fly into southern Iraq, part of an infantry battalion sent to win hearts and minds. They were soon fighting for their lives.

If any of Mills's eighteen-man sniper platoon had thought that the people of Al Amarah were going to welcome them with open arms, they were rapidly forced to reconsider. For the next six months, isolated, besieged and under constant fire, the battalion refused to give an inch. The single-player mode in military shooters like Call of Duty and Battlefield offers fun and cinematic run-and-gun experiences. However, these titles are fast-twitch Michael Bay movie-like experiences that require little thought or patience. The stealth shooter genre is the perfect antithesis of cinematic shooters and run-and-gun blasters like DOOM. In 2022, we will no longer play the old Verdansk map in Call of Duty Warzone. Instead, the game has been rebranded as Call of Duty Warzone Pacific and players have been introduced to the new Caldera map, which, while similar in size, has far fewer tall buildings. Instead, you'll find plenty of trees, forests, and even... a volcano. Will it erupt in Warzone Pacific? Well, Chekhov would be fatally disappointed if it didn't.

Squad

Despite being 8 years old, Arma 3 still remains the most compelling and rich in content soldier simulator on the market. It offers single-player capmaigns and missions, co-op, and PvP multi-player. At the time of its release, its highlight was a feature campaign depicting a fictional conflict on a Greek island, but no one is likely to remember it now. Once there were a lot of add-ons to expand gameplay options, and even more important were the countless modifications created by the community around the game. Well, it could be. I wouldn't know. I gave up fairly soon, because I just couldn't, COULD NOT stand the stupidity. Sorry, Sgt. Mills, but you are obviously a blood-thirsty idiot and embodiment of all the bad clichés the average civilian has about soldiers - that they are in it for the killing, for the blood, because they think that war is fun. This book tells the story of the Battle of Al Amara. A horrible violent hell hole, more Iranian than Iraqi. During 2004 the Princess of Wales Royal Regiment was sent to occupy the town. While the main force was located up at Camp Abu Naji a small battle group was stationed in the main Ba'ath party building in the city centre. Games heavily oversimplify many factors, while greatly exaggerating others. One reason is the limitations of game engines in the range of terrain drawing, so that scopes often zoom in more than they should. Likewise, it unnaturally increases bullet drop at distances where it is usually negligible and brightens the enemy sniper's optics reflexes a lot to make them easier to locate. This was one of the refreshing parts of the book; there was little "I" in it. Where other writers boast of their accomplishments, Mills is more of a "we" type of fellow. If he is lavish in his praise, he is also brutally honest in his criticism. If an officer or subordinate has messed up, Mills names them and lists their offending behavior for all readers to see.

They're quite different from popular action games. In this game, the number of accessories and weapons to choose from doesn't matter – each army has only one type of weapon. In Squad, we are not a sniper, but a marksman – a team member, but with a scope on the rifle (so called DMR, Designated Marksman Rifle). Provided we can reserve such a role in time, as there's limited number of marksmen slots. And even if we do – there's a good chance that the commander will immediately remove such a delinquent from the squad! You can, of course, try to form your own team and operate on your own terms, but that's not what this game is about. Realistic infantry action, and slightly less realistic tanks, helicopters, and planes have been enhanced with a choice of almost every faction, unit, or equipment used in battle. Arma 3 today is about war in Vietnam and the Middle East, clashes between NATO and the Warsaw Pact, or Navy Seals against ISIS fighters. The list is endless and Arma 3 is in fact similar to GTA 5 – immortal and still great, but in serious, a military setting. It's a game where you can choose your own soldier, role, and conflict, it just takes a bit of effort to sort out and upload the appropriate add-ons.I'm sure by now you've figured out that I'm in one of my "military book" phases. It'll pass, don't worry, but for now this is kind of my reading focus. The series moves in accordance to the chronology of the events of World War II, so after a campaign in Italy in the fourth part, this time, OSS agent Karl Fairburne visits Normandy and other regions of northern France, most notably the impressive Mont-Saint-Michel monastery. However, nothing changes in terms of the story. For the third time in a row, high-ranking Nazi officers are plotting a sinister plan to create and use the powerful "wunderwaffe," and again, our hero will have to thwart these plans. The game brings some impressive locations that were rendered using photogrammetry to provide high image fidelity, and players can benefit from the great freedom of action during missions. Of course, there's also the slow-mo X-ray camera that reveals the damage dealt by our bullets. What does a typical sniper mission look like? This awe-inspiring account tells of total war in throat-burning winds and fifty-degree heat, blasted by mortars and surrounded by heavily armed militias - you won't be able to put this down.