5/5/2024 0 Comments Rat person sharpshooterClive Law for his generosity in letting me plunder his research. Albrecht Wacker, Franz Kramer and Thomas Meyer for the loan of their German material. ![]() Jerry Decius for much Confederate information. Mark (Humpy) Humphreville, who knows more about rifle construction and ballistics than I’ll ever learn. 10 OUT OF NOWHERE access to their collections and knowledge.Bob Maze, Bob Burbage, George Yannaghas, Dr Roger Payne, Roy Jinks and Geoff Sturgess for © Osprey Publishing Gerry Embleton and Martin Windrow for their help with early warfare. Men of the Parachute Regiment and the Royal Marines. Majors John Conway and Peter Laidler, of the Army Weapons School, Warminster. There are many other people who have helped greatly with information and deserve my thanks, and they are as follows: Individuals Andrew Evans-Hendrick and Bob Stone of Riflecraft. A number of past and serving snipers that I have spoken to have wished to remain anonymous, or have used pseudonyms, so to all of them I offer a very big ‘thank you’. Not one of those I spoke to took any pleasure in the killing of their fellow man all regarded it as a necessary duty of war. I did not ask any of them about body counts, and only rarely was that information offered. What came through in my conversations with them was not an image of cold-blooded killers, but of men who took great pride in their professionalism and skill and their great humanity. They patiently dealt with a difficult subject matter factually and humanely. Through my interest in interviewing veterans of the First and Second World Wars, I was very fortunate over the years in meeting a number of snipers who, having satisfied themselves of my motives, answered my questions without reservation. They seldom talk of their experiences and do not encourage questions. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The world of the professional sniper is closed to all but a few men and women who are, or have been, snipers.21st Century Sniping 263 Glossary Notes Select Bibliography Index 274 279 292 294 © Osprey Publishing Limited Wars, 1945–85 206 © Osprey Publishing The German Sniper & the War in Russia, 1941–45 139 8. The First World War: the Fight Back, 1916–18 96 6. The First World War: the Watershed, 1914–16 69 5. The American Civil War & European Wars, 1854–1914 44 4. ![]() CONTENTS Acknowledgments Foreword 9 11 1.Keefe IV, Editor-in-Chief, American Rifleman © Osprey Publishing Praise for this book ‘The best overall book on snipers I have ever read… If you own one book on snipers, this should be the book.’ Surplus Rifle ‘Factual books on military snipers are few and far between … readers of this excellent, deeply researched book will now be more knowledgeable about a rarely discussed subject.’ Harry Furness, one of Britain’s most skilled Second World War snipers ‘top quality, well-researched and comprehensive … this volume presents a marvellous overall coverage on the important aspects of military sniping.’ Guns Australia ‘This is the best book of its type to be published so far … a remarkable, well-illustrated book that is recommended for those interested in military history or military arms.’ Mark A.Dedication To all of the men and women whose experiences made this book possible, and to snipers everywhere, past and present.God is not on the side of the biggest battalions, but of the best shots. ![]() The average sniper requires 1.3 rounds.1 Dieu n’est pas pour les gros bataillons mais pour ceux qui tirent le mieux. By the time of the Vietnam War, this had risen to around 25,000 rounds.
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