RE: sniper rifle for hunting?
I can understand how ya'll had understrength platoons. In Afghanistan and Iraq, we were T/O, and will be again when we head back over. All our crew-served have a-gunners, and the gunner only carries the gun. Tripod, spare barrel and extra ammo carried by a-gunner. Our guys broke it down a little bit further.
Heck of a different situation, though.