Snipers : Profiles of the World's Deadliest Killers

by Cabell, Craig; Brown, Richard; Forsyth, Frederick

• ISBN13: 9781844541317
• ISBN10: 1844541312
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-08-01
• Publisher: Trafalgar Square

Summary

Snipers. They are numbered among the most highly trained and efficient of allrained killers. They can act as lone agents or as part of a strategicilitary force. From the French sniper who shot Admiral Nelson from theopmast of a French frigate at the battle of Trafalgar, to Lee Harveyswald's devastating and unexplained assassination of John F Kennedy in 1963,hey have played a crucial - and shadowy - part in our history. Now defencexpert Craig Cabell, with weapons archivist, Richard Brown, peel away theystery surrounding these most deadly of gunmen, to reveal the true nature ofhe sniper. From the precision strategies used in war to the terror tacticsf the infamous Washington 'sniper'. An essential book for any militarynthusiast.

Table of Contents

Authors' Note	vii
Foreword Death in Silence	xi
Frederick Forsyth
Acknowledgements	xv
Introduction	xix
What is a Sniper?	1	(14)
Saratoga -- The Sharpshooter Emerges	15	(20)
The Death of Lord Nelson	35	(12)
Snipers of the Great War	47	(10)
All Quiet on the Western Front	57	(4)
Vasily Zaitsev -- An Animal Instinct	61	(18)
Monte Cassino -- The Allied Stalingrad	79	(8)
The Kennedy Kill	87	(12)
Sniper Research	99	(6)
The Washington Sniper?	105	(12)
Sniping in the Occupied Territories	117	(14)
A Conversation With a Sniper	131	(6)
Epilogue The Media Machine	137	(6)
Annexe A Sniper Rifles and Ammunition	143	(26)
Annexe B Non-shooting Skills and Kit	169	(6)
Annexe C Innovations in Sniper Rifles	175	(10)
Annexe D The Killer in Shadows -- The Art of a Sniper	185	(2)
Annexe E The Mentality of a Sniper	187	(4)
Annexe F Counter-sniper Tactics	191	(8)
Annexe G Author Interview -- David L Robbins	199	(8)
Annexe H Choose Your Weapon	207	(16)
On the Way to Dixie -- A Short Story	223	(24)
Afterword	247	(2)
Glossary of Firearms Terms	249	(12)
Further Reading	261	(2)
Photo Credits and Copyright	263