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  1. Snipers Hide is a community of Snipers of all kinds, focusing on long range shooting, accuracy, and ballistics. Founded by Frank Galli in 2000, Sniper’s Hide has been offering informational videos, podcasts, and other support to its users in one location.

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › SniperSniper - Wikipedia

    A sniper is a military/paramilitary marksman who engages targets from positions of concealment or at distances exceeding the target's detection capabilities. Snipers generally have specialized training and are equipped with telescopic sights. Modern snipers use high-precision rifles and high-magnification optics.

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    Hometown:Little Rock, Arkansas
    Nickname: "Whitefeather"
    Years of Service: 1959-1979
    Wars: Vietnam War, two tours
    Hometown:Ohio County, Virginia
    Nickname: "Billy"
    Years of Service:1874-1883
    Wars: Battle of Adobe Walls, Battle of Buffalo Wall

    Image from brandontylerwebb.com 1. Hometown: Vancouver, Canada 2. Years of Service: 1993-2006 3. Wars: One tour in Afghanistan, one tour in Iraq Webb was a certified SEAL sniper. He deployed four times, once with SEAL Team 3 to Afghanistan. After his final deployment, Webb worked at the Naval Special Warfare Group One Sniper Cell. He ran the sniper...

    Unit:3rd Ranger Battalion, U.S. Army
    Hometown: Fort Meade, Maryland
    Nickname: "Reaper"
    Years of Service: 2004-2010

    Capt. Glenn A. Dubis prepares to shoot from the kneeling position during qualifications for the Men's 50-meter rifle three position on Sept. 23, 2000, at the Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. (Tech. Sgt. Rick Sforza/U.S. Air Force) 1. Hometown: Bethel Park, Pennsylvania 2. Nickname: "Michael Jordan of Shooting" 3. Service: 1982-2002 4. Wars: Oper...

    Hometown: Spokane, Washington
    Years of Service:1997 to present
    Wars: Kosovo, Iraq
    Unit: U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit
    Hometown:New York, N.Y.
    Years of service: 1995 to 2002

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    Learn about the legends of U.S. military snipers who achieved remarkable feats in combat, such as long-distance kills, manhunts and public recognition. From the Civil War to the War on Terror, these marksmen are among the best in the world.

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    • Finnish Army Second Lieutenant Simo Häyhä. Nicknamed "White Death," Simo Häyhä tallied 505 kills, far and away the highest count from any major war. All of Häyhä's kills of Red Army combatants were accomplished in fewer than 100 days – an average of just over five kills per day – at a time of year with very few daylight hours.
    • U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Norman Hathcock. During the Vietnam War Hathcock had 93 "confirmed" kills of North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong personnel, which meant they occurred with an officer present (in addition to his spotter).
    • U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Chris Kyle. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle served four tours during the Iraq War, and during that time he became the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history with over 160 kills officially confirmed by the Department of Defense.
    • Red Army Captain Vasily Zaytsev. Between November 10 and December 17, 1942, during the Battle of Stalingrad, Zaytsev killed 225 soldiers and officers of the Wehrmacht and other Axis armies, including 11 enemy snipers.
  3. Oct 3, 2014 · Watch the official trailer of "American Sniper", a film directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Bradley Cooper as Chris Kyle, the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history. The movie follows his four tours of duty in Iraq and his struggles with PTSD and family life.

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  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Sniper_rifleSniper rifle - Wikipedia

    A sniper rifle is a high-precision, long-range rifle. Requirements include high accuracy, reliability, and mobility, concealment, and optics, for anti-personnel, anti-materiel and surveillance uses by military snipers.

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