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===Logistics and tactics=== [[File:DC Snipers' Chevy Caprice - A look inside the sniper murder car.webm|thumb|Video of ATF agents demonstrating the snipers' usage of their vehicle]] The attacks were carried out with a stolen [[Bushmaster XM-15]] [[Semi-automatic rifle|semi-automatic]] .223 caliber [[rifle]] equipped with a [[Bushnell Corporation|Bushnell]] [[holographic weapon sight]] effective at ranges of up to {{convert|300.|m|sigfig=1|abbr=off|sp=us}}, which was found in the vehicle.<ref name="EOTech">{{cite web|title=Holographic Weapon Sights FAQ|url=http://www.eotechinc.com/hws-service-and-support/faq|website=EOTech|access-date=November 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161127191407/http://www.eotechinc.com/hws-service-and-support/faq|archive-date=November 27, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=StoreAgree>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8763-2004Sep9.html|title=Gunmaker, Store Agree To Payout in Sniper Case|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=September 10, 2004|first1=Tom|last1=Jackman|access-date=August 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916010000/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8763-2004Sep9.html|archive-date=September 16, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The trunk of the Chevrolet Caprice was modified to serve as a "rolling sniper's nest". The back seat was modified to allow a person access to the trunk. Once inside, the sniper could lie prone and take shots through a small hole created for that purpose near the license plate.<ref name=SnipersFBI>{{cite web|url=https://www.fbi.gov/page2/oct07/snipers102207.html|title=A Byte Out of History: The Beltway Snipers, Part 1|website=FBI|date=October 22, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161218040554/https://www2.fbi.gov/page2/oct07/snipers102207.html|archive-date=December 18, 2016}}</ref>
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