The impressive list of contributors to The Sniper Anthology includes Mark Spicer writing on Harry M. Furness, the last surviving British sniper who went ashore on D-Day; Martin Pegler, who details the famous Soviet sniper Vassili Zaitsev; Adrian Gilbert on the Wehrmacht sharpshooter and lone wolf Sepp Allerberger; and Roger Moorhouse on Simo Hayha, the …
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Photographical journey through the Allied snipers of World War II. Most photographs depict British and, or Canadian Snipers using the British Lee Enfield. Allied Snipers of World War II A sniper demonstrating his camouflage (note: German Waffen-SS Camo Pattern: named unofficially “Early Plane Tree”) at a sniper school in a French village, 27 July 1944. The …
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All snipers are marksmen, but not all marksmen are snipers. The sniper operates alone, distinguished from his fellow marksmen by the fact that he doesn’t have the company of his fellow unit. He is the unit’s eyes and ears, allowing a group to advance and keeping them safe, often at high risk to his own …
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A term originating in British India for the highly skilled hunters able to bring down elusive “snipe” birds, today’s snipers are known as the most proficient sharpshooters in the military. This list will feature the Top 6 Snipers of World War 2. And while, historically, there have been sharpshooters and marksmen that stand out at …
Photographical journey through the German snipers and sharpshooters of World War II. Most German snipers were armed with the Karabiner 98 and later Gewehr 43 rifles, but there were often not enough of these weapons available, and as such some were armed with captured scoped Mosin–Nagant 1891/30, SVT or Czech Mauser rifles. According to various sources the German …
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THE THOMPSON SUBMACHINE GUN MODEL 1921, SUBMACHINEGUN CALIBER .45 MODEL 1928, 1928A1, M1 THOMPSON AND M1A1AKA THE THOMPSON SUBMACHINE GUN BY: NICK JACOBELLIS The Thompson Submachine Gun was first used in combat when they were carried by U.S. Marines in Nicaragua during the Banana Wars. It wasn’t until World War II that the Thompson Submachine …
The CA 527 Carbine – A modern bolt action rifle chambered in two modern military calibers Article By Nick Jacobellis Those of us who are military history enthusiasts know, that millions of bolt action rifles chambered in various calibers have been used by combatants in numerous wars and combat actions throughout the world. Even in the 21st …
Previous Next Operation Just Cause The U. S. invasion of Panama 1989 On 20 December 1989, the “All-American Division”, as part of the United States invasion of Panama, conducted their first combat jump since World War II onto Torrijos International Airport, Panama. The goal of the 1st Brigade task force, which was made up of …
A personal and revising look at one of World War 2’s forgotten battles: The Battle of Peleliu I’ll be the first to admit that when I was planning my first trip to Peleliu, my limited knowledge of the battle that raged there during the autumn of 1944, came from recalling grainy re-runs of the eponymous …
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At the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 Captain James L. Jack was serving with the 1st Battalion of the Cameronians as a staff Captain. The 1st Cameronians of the 19th Infantry Brigade was one of the earliest British regiments to arrive at the front. From August to November 1914 Captain James Jack …
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