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American Sniper : Adelbert Waldron: The Myth and Mystery Behind Vietnam’s Most Mysterious Soldier
Maybe the text is just camouflaged. Yeah. That’s it.
American Sniper : Adelbert Waldron: The Myth and Mystery Behind Vietnam’s Most Mysterious Soldier
Maybe the text is just camouflaged. Yeah. That’s it.
That soldier looks he should be in Iraq rather than Vietnam.
The rails on the weapon alone are wrong. The knee pads are wrong. Helmet’s wrong, backpack/weapons pack is wrong. The weapon’s the wrong gun for a sniper of that era.
Yup, other than that, it’s EXACTLY like Viet Nam. Hooray for historical accuracy!
The Picatinny rail (MIL-STD-1913 dated 3 Feb 1995) was developed from the scope mount system popularized by Weaver of El Paso, TX. Military use became widespread in the 2000s.
So if you look at this as historical fiction, the cover is wrong.
Obviously this is science fiction, like Dean Koontz’ “Lightning” 1988, that had time traveling Nazi assassins toting Uzis, or George Byram, “Chronicle of the 656th”, Playboy, Mar 1968, that had WWII soldiers whisked back to the Civil War.
“… Vietnam’s Most Mysterious Soldier.” When you can time travel, you can pick the best equipment from whatever era you visit or come from.
The sad part is that Adelbert F. “Bert” Waldron III was a highly respected Army sniper in the Vietnam War, but this lousy book cover is anachronistic and makes the book look like an unhistoric fantasy. The vibe I get from the cover is a role playing gamer appropriating the name for a book.
The blue zipper with parts of the figure fading into it suggests that the book’s title should be Time Sniper: The Time-Traveling Ninja Sniper Who Packs A Loaf Of “Pig Jumps Over The Moon” Brand Bread Twisty-Tied To The Sight Of His Super Sniper Special.
Posre: At least he isn’t packing a Pucker gun.