The sniper was part of the ‘Pryvid’ sniper unit defending the key Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk from advances by Putin’s forces ...

Members of an elite Russian military unit – including a distinguished Vladimir Putin war hero dubbed the “Executioner” – ...

More than 3,000 US military snipers will soon become even more deadly to the enemy thanks to new camouflage. This month, the Army is starting work on creating a new camouflage for snipers.

Before they become snipers, all students must graduate from the US Army Sniper Course, a seven-week program that teaches soldiers from the Army and National Guard essential skills in fieldcraft ...

The U.S. military appears to have fallen in love with a relatively new sniper system: The Multi-Role Adaptive Design (MRAD) bolt-action sniper rifle from Barrett Firearms. Based on the Barrett 98B ...

Get the latest in military news, entertainment, and gear in your inbox daily. From the moment Ryan was born, it seemed he was destined for a career as a sniper like his father.

And the 2-man sniper teams had only a few minutes to find and fire at targets up to 10 football fields away. SFC Roy Larsen, a Sniper team member from the US Coast Guard in VA, said “So only one ...

Posted: January 17, 2025 | Last updated: March 11, 2025 Silent, precise, and deadly—U.S. Military snipers dominate the battlefield with the unrivaled power of the M110 and M82/M107 rifles.> ...

These great photos from a recent training exercise with US Army soldiers in the Sniper Course at Fort Benning, Georgia show what snipers go through to blend into their environment.

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.

“American Sniper” is a current film in this way as well. It models a transition for the military professional from wartime to peacetime, with gun culture as its constant.