Profile

Diarmuid LeRue was the son of a French Canadian father and an Irish mother. He grew up on a farm in north Cork and at an early age should his promise as a keen scholar. His studies however went out the window when he first got his hand on a .22 long range rifle.

He excelled at shooting, becoming a youth Olympian at 15 at clay pigeon shooting. Winning a silver medal, his talents were soon noticed. He went on to college quickly gaining his masters before he was approached by a Major Keating of the Irish Rangers, the special forces of the Irish Army, and was asked if he would be interested in joining.

Diarmuid quickly rose up the ranks becoming a Lieutenant and also during his three year stint won the all Ireland shooting comp. twice, the European once and the World title once. He was a approached by the US Army Applications Group and asked if he would join. He agreed and the rest is ... classified.

Later he left after wining several medals in several different spec ops missions.

Weapons

Walther WA2000

A revolution in sniper design. The barrel is clamped at front and rear so that there is no teist when firing, while the rest is free to prevent distortion. Further more the barrel is fluted to dampen vibrations and aid cooling. It is of bullpup design and all stock furniture is fully adjustable. Firing the .300 Winchester Magnum and using a standard Schmit and Bender x2.5 to x10 sight the accuracy is considerable.

Heckler and Koch G36

An assualt rifle, used when the enemy are just a little two close for a sniper, an assault rifle unveiled in 1997.

FN P90 PDW

The P90 represents the future of the submachine gun. The clear plastic magazine lies across the top of the weapon, with the bullets at right angles to to the barrel. Only 400mm long, the P90 has a receiver that acts as a stock and a cartridge ejection is down through the hollow pistol grip. The 5.7mm FN gives excellent range and penetration.

Smith and Wesson 1006

A 10mm auto weapon, the calibre makes it very high powered, but high quality Novak sights and combat grips make it controllable. Not to be used by novices.

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