U.S. Army Sgt. Maciel Hay, who serves as a cavalry scout with the 173rd Airborne Brigade, passed the Army's sniper course last month at Fort Moore, Georgia, according to a brigade release.

US Army Special Operations Command hosted its annual international sniper competition in March. The competition includes US and foreign military snipers as well as law-enforcement marksmen. Since ...

Defense Specialist Allison Barrie on how 3,000 US military snipers will soon become even more deadly to the enemy, thanks to new ghillie suit camouflage being developed by the U.S. Army.

Operational testing of the Army's newest precision rifle, the Compact Semi-Automatic Sniper System (CSASS) began recently, marking one of the final hurdles this system will face prior to fielding.

The newest .300 WinMag M2010 ESR is now among the 2,520 systems built to replace the 7.62mm M24 Sniper Weapon Systems, which first entered into the Army and Special Operations Command suite of ...

SOCEUR Photo by 1st Lt. Benjamin Haulenbeek Another Army sniper previously told Insider that "there are a million things that go into being a sniper, and you have to be good at all of them." ...

The Army is buying 2,800 new Mk 22 Multi-Role Adaptive Design sniper rifles from Barrett Firearms. SOCOM has also ordered this weapon, and the Marines have expressed interest as well.

And, for the first time, a woman has graduated from the U.S. Army Sniper Course at Fort Benning, Georgia, Army officials said on Monday. The service won’t be releasing the soldier’s name.

The U.S. Army just awarded a $50 million contract to Barrett Firearms Manufacturing Inc. to arm snipers with the multi-caliber sniper rifle preferred by special operations forces.