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Mawhinney poses in 2013 with a replica of the M40 sniper rifle he used during the Vietnam War. Charles Benjamin Mawhinney (February 23, 1949 – February 12, 2024) was a United States Marine who holds the Corps' record for the most confirmed sniper kills, having recorded 103 confirmed kills and 216 probable kills in 16 months during the Vietnam ...
American Sniper (2012) American Gun (2013) [6] Signature. Christopher Scott Kyle (April 8, 1974 – February 2, 2013) was a United States Navy SEAL sniper. He served four tours in the Iraq War and was awarded several commendations for acts of heroism and meritorious service in combat.
1938–1942. A Soviet Georgian naval infantryman who is credited with over 200 kills and several tanks knocked out. [1] Trained another 80 snipers within a couple of months during the Second World War. [2] 200+. Soviet Union. Josef Allerberger. 1924–2004. 1943–1945.
Carlos Norman Hathcock III. Carlos Norman Hathcock II (May 20, 1942 – February 22, 1999) was a United States Marine Corps (USMC) sniper with a service record of 93 confirmed kills. Hathcock's record and the extraordinary details of the missions he undertook made him a legend in the U.S. Marine Corps.
Sniper technology The McMillan TAC-50 rifle used by Canadian Army Corporal Rob Furlong.. Although optical equipment such as rangefinders and ballistic calculators have largely eliminated manual calculations to determine elevation and windage, the fundamentals of accurate and precise long-range shooting remain essentially the same since the early history of shooting, and the skill and training ...
Sniper rifle. The bolt-action 7.62×51mm M24 Sniper Weapon System is capable of 0.5 MOA accuracy to maximal effective range of about 800 meters. The M24 was the United States Army standard-issue sniper rifle from 1988 to 2010. The Accuracy International Arctic Warfare series of sniper rifles is standard issue in the armies of several countries ...
In Sniper's Honor, the ninth Bob Swagger novel, Bob Lee teams with a newspaper reporter to uncover the fate of a World War II female Russian sniper known as the White Witch. Also unearthed is a plot to attack Israel with newly manufactured Zyklon B poison gas. The story jumps between 1944 and present day, with most of it set in Ukraine.
Sights. Day or night optics. The CheyTac Intervention also known as the CheyTac M200, is an American bolt-action sniper rifle manufactured by CheyTac USA, which can also be classified as an anti-materiel rifle. It is fed by a seven-round detachable single-stack magazine (an optional five-round magazine is also available).