“Didn’t realize those were used as sniper weapons or that they had a semi automatic setting.”
I think it’s unlikely that the sniper used a “machine gun.” More than likely it was the standard 50. sniper rifle. The media has, yet again, given us an incorrect story.
Mark Twain said, “A man who doesn’t read the newspaper is uninformed. A man who reads the newspaper is misinformed.”
General Dynamics designed a stabilized remote controlled setup for the 50 cal mounted on the Stryker. The number of rounds fired per kill with that gun went from 50 to three.
Did you even read the article before you posted?