Comments by "51WCDodge" (@51WCDodge) on "Walther WA2000: The Ultimate German Sniper Rifle" video.

  1. This is a gun of it's time. For the youngsters amongst you, the 1970's saw the upsurge of Middle East Terrorism, plane hijacks and fanatical death or glory of Black September. Then you had various off shoots (Just relaised, lousy pun) such as the Red Brigade. Europe was at war with itself. The Munich Olympic massacre was a World Wide Media event, comparable in it's impact with 9/11. The German Federal Police just were not equipped or trained to handle such an event,. One result was GSG9,. They wanted a weapon that over fairly short range could garuntee first hit first kill, regardless of where the round struck, hence the eye popping choice of calibre, through one wall out the other, and then some. Part of the guns fame is it's use in the James Bond Film, Living Daylights.
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