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  Sniper - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Snipers have of late been increasingly demonstrated as useful by U.S. and U.K. forces in the recent Iraq campaign in a fire support role to cover the movement of infantry, especially in urban areas.
The current record for longest range sniper kill is 2430 metres (7,972 ft), accomplished by a Canadian sniper, of the third battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (3 PPCLI), during the invasion of Afghanistan, using a.50 BMG (12.7 mm) McMillan bolt-action rifle.
Snipers are volunteers accepted for sniper training on the basis of their aptitude as perceived by their commanders.
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 sniper - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
The current record for longest range sniper kill is 2,430 metres (7,972 ft), reportedly accomplished by a Canadian sniper in 2002, during the invasion of Afghanistan, using a.50 BMG McMillan bolt-action rifle.
Snipers are generally volunteers accepted for sniper training on the basis of their aptitude as perceived by their commanders.
Snipers shoot people who are in high-rank uniforms, who talk to radiomen, who sit as passengers in a car, who have military servants, or who talk and move their position more frequently.
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 Sniper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The term sniper is attested from 1824 in the sense of "sharpshooter." The verb to snipe originated in the 1770s among soldiers in British India in the sense of "to shoot from a hidden place," in allusion to snipe hunting, a game bird known for being difficult to sneak up on.
The current record for longest range sniper kill is 2430 metres (7,972 ft), accomplished by a Canadian sniper, Corporal Rob Furlong, of the third battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (3 PPCLI), during the invasion of Afghanistan, using a.50 BMG (12.7 mm) McMillan bolt-action rifle.
The need for specialized training for police snipers was made apparent in 1972 during the incident known as the Munich massacre; the police deployed untrained personnel with sniper equipment during the standoff at the airport in the closing phase of the crisis.
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 Sniper (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sniper (auction bid), one who places a high bid during the last few seconds of bidding
Sniper was the former name for SubSpace (computer game).
This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
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 Sniper - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The traditional definition of a sniper is an infantry soldier especially skilled in field craft and marksmanship who kills selected enemies from concealment with a rifle at large distances.
Typical sniper missions include reconnaissance or scouting and surveillance, anti-sniper, killing enemy commanders, selecting targets of opportunity, and even anti-matériel tasks (destruction of military equipment), which tend to require use of rifles in the larger calibres such as.50 BMG and.338 Lapua.
Finnish snipers were called cuckoos by Russians for their habit to ambush in trees.
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 sniper
The current record for longest range sniper kill is 2,430 metres (7,972 ft), accomplished by a Canadian sniper Master Corporal Aaron Perry in 2002, during the invasion of Afghanistan, using a.50 BMG (12.7 mm) McMillan bolt-action rifle.
Snipers shoot people who are in high-rank uniforms, who talk to radio operators, who sit as passengers in a car, who have military servants, or who talk and move their position more frequently.
Snipers do, however, require a different type of psyche to the average soldier – they must be comfortable being alone for long periods, be very self-reliant, and be capable of carrying out 'cold-blooded' kills – attributes that not every soldier will share.
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 sniper resource page - sniper rifle
Military snipers from the U.S., U.K. and derived doctrines are typically deployed in two-man sniper teams consisting of a shooter and spotter.
Because snipers use camouflage, carefully choose their firing positions, and often attack from long distances, it is often possible to strike and withdraw without ever being pinpointed.
Snipers do, however, require a different type of psyche to the average soldier – they must be comfortable being alone for long periods, very self-reliant and patient – attributes that not every soldier will share.
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 I cite: Sniper Mom Parties On
Sniper Mom Parties On So my son's 11th birthday party began with a few setbacks.
First, I was told that the party room I had reserved was somehow occupied and that the seven boys I was taking to laser tag would have to eat cake and pizza and then run around.
And, I'm not sure whether the great, great pleasure I took in being a sniper is a plus or a minus.
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 Scope (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Scope is a mouthwash brand name made by Procter and Gamble.
This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name.
If you followed a link here, you might want to go back and fix that link to point to the appropriate specific page.
www.encyclopedia-online.info /Scope   (169 words)

  
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The traditional definition of a sniper is an infantry soldier especially skilled in field craft rifle shot.
A sniper rifle is a type of rifle sniping, most purely a rifle used for shooting with great accuracy.
In particular, the headspace The end of the barrel may be counter-sunk a few millimeters to protect the critical exit-end of the rifling.
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 Snipe (disambiguation) - TheBestLinks.com - Bird, Boat, Sniper, First World War, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Snipe (disambiguation), Bird, Boat, Sniper, First World War, Practical joke...
A number of automobiles made by Humber as the Snipe or the Super Snipe from (at least) 1930 to 1963.
This is a disambiguation page, i.e., a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title.
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