To be a sniper is to be an expert marksman at great distances. Snipers consider their target, ballistics, and shooting position, knowing the first shots may be their best. Several current and former ...

Too, firsthand accounts are included from American, British and Canadian snipers. The 8 1/2"x11" hardbound, 280-pp. book contains nearly 500 photos and is available from Paladin Press (paladin ...

So snipers constitute a very small group of professionals. As of November 2014, there were only 400 operational Scout Snipers out of the 185,000 U.S. Marines — just about 0.2 percent of the force.

American Sniper, nominated for six Oscars, is based on the memoir of Chris Kyle, a Navy SEAL who became the deadliest sniper in U.S. military history. Kyle was later killed by a fellow veteran on ...

American Sniper stars Bradley Cooper as former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, who's said to be "the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history." The film, an adaptation of Kyle's bestselling memoir, ends ...

According to Kyle’s 2013 autobiography American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History, on which Eastwood’s movie is based, she was actually carrying a ...