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The Military Sniper since 1914

Martin Pegler author Ramiro Bujeiro illustrator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:25th Jan '01

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The Military Sniper since 1914 cover

It was only in World War I that the combination of high quality service nifles and new telescopic sights brought the true 'sniper' to the battlefield as a distinct specialist, By 1918 the scout-sniper's value as an observer and gatherer of intelligence was as important as his lethal skills, but these were disregarded in the interwar years. In 1939-45 most anmies had to train and equip snipers from scratch, but they were to play a major role in all theatres of wan on the Russian Front, famously, it was a role in which women excelled. Fireams specialist Martin Pegler's detailed but accessible text recounts the development of weapons, sights, tactics and clothing in all major armies, illustrated by some 50 photographs: and Ramiro Bujeiro's 12 striking colour plates put the sniper vivdly in the context of the battlefield, from Flanders to the Gulf.

ISBN: 9781841761411

Dimensions: 248mm x 184mm x 7mm

Weight: 252g

64 pages