Real world snipers

Interesting site about a grass roots effort to support our military snipers in Iraq and Afganistan. This is claiming that they get a lot of equipment designed for standard infantry roles and not well suited to their specialized missions. I really don't understand why this would be a problem given the resources of the US Government. I'm sure my friends and I feel a special bond with the snipers since we always trying to snipe each other in Quake, Doom, MOH, etc. ;-)

http://www.americansnipers.org/