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Hans Halberstadt has authored or coauthored more than fifty books, most on U.S. Special Operations forces, armor, and artillery. He served in the U.S. Army as a helicopter door gunner in Vietnam. He lives in San Jose, California.
Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
Warning Order | p. xvii |
Foreword | p. xxi |
Introduction: Rangers Lead the Way | p. 1 |
AARs and Lessons Learned | p. 11 |
Sniper Mission Basics | p. 13 |
Introduction and Basics | p. 22 |
Sniper War | p. 22 |
Moral Aspects of the Mission | p. 28 |
The Military Sniper Mission | p. 33 |
The Law-Enforcement Sniper Mission | p. 33 |
A Short History | p. 34 |
The Marine Corps Foundation | p. 35 |
Definition of a Sniper | p. 37 |
The Art of the One-Shot Kill | p. 38 |
The Squad-Designated Marksman | p. 39 |
Staff Sgt. James Gularte, USMC Sniper | p. 43 |
Two Marines Against Twelve NVA | p. 48 |
Better Than Sex | p. 52 |
Bravo Fours and 8541s: Sniper Selection and Training | p. 55 |
USMC Scout-Sniper Selection and Training | p. 58 |
Army Sniper School Class 2006-3 | p. 62 |
The Art of Observation | p. 67 |
The KIMS Game | p. 68 |
Stealth and Concealment | p. 68 |
Ghillie Suits: The Cloak of Invisibility | p. 69 |
Stalking Exercises | p. 71 |
Maj. Charles Greene, US Army Ranger | p. 77 |
Red Romeo on the Drop Zone | p. 77 |
Outsmarting the Enemy | p. 79 |
Sniper Employment Issues | p. 81 |
Shot by a Sniper at the Circle of Death | p. 82 |
Stay-Behind Missions | p. 85 |
The Squad-Designated Marksman Program | p. 87 |
Staff Sgt. James Gilliland, Section Leader | p. 91 |
Shadow Team's Longest Shot | p. 94 |
Terminal Ballistics | p. 98 |
What-Ifs | p. 99 |
Killing | p. 101 |
All You Feel Is the Recoil | p. 102 |
One and a Half Shots, One Kill | p. 103 |
Sniper Employment | p. 105 |
Roadside Bombs and IED Teams | p. 109 |
The M4 Carbine as a Sniper Weapon | p. 112 |
Voodoo Ballistics: Sometimes One Shot, Sometimes One Kill | p. 117 |
Harry Martinez | p. 131 |
Spotter Up! Send It! | p. 139 |
Wind Corrections | p. 141 |
Tools of the Trade | p. 145 |
Sniper Rifles | p. 145 |
Accuracy and the Modern Sniper Rifle | p. 146 |
Secondary Long Guns | p. 147 |
Sniper Battle Rattle | p. 148 |
The M24 and M40 Sniper Rifles | p. 149 |
Shooting the M40A3 | p. 152 |
Evolution of the M24 and M40 Breed | p. 155 |
Monster Rifles and One-Mile Kills | p. 157 |
The Learning Curve | p. 158 |
Bigger Is Sometimes Better | p. 161 |
SOTIC and the Beginning of US Army Heavy Sniping | p. 163 |
The Longest Long Shot: Canadian Sniper Team's Record Kill | p. 168 |
Even Bigger Than Fifty | p. 172 |
The Surprising DMR | p. 173 |
CPL. James "Rock" McGlynn: Psycho Ward's First Blood | p. 175 |
Sniper's Revenge: The Magnificent Bastards and The Snipers of Headhunter Two | p. 181 |
Sergeant Rob: Spider-Man in Samarra | p. 191 |
Failing the Tug Test | p. 193 |
Spider-Man's Big Adventure | p. 194 |
Big Surprise for the Poster Boys | p. 196 |
Bryan Pruett: Slow is Smooth and Smooth is Fast: Operation Qwahetas | p. 205 |
SPC. Aaron Arnold | p. 211 |
Intersection Two Niner Six | p. 212 |
First Blood | p. 214 |
OP Hotel | p. 217 |
Reach Out and Touch Someone | p. 218 |
Sniper Personalities | p. 220 |
Joseph Bennett: Traffic Control from a Distance | p. 221 |
Joker Takes Over from Shadow | p. 226 |
Staff Sgt. Timothy La Sage, US Marine Corps | p. 229 |
"Gunfighter's Paradise" | p. 233 |
Combat Outpost | p. 233 |
Ar Rasheed Hotel, Ramadi | p. 234 |
The SR-25 Sniper Rifle | p. 238 |
Planning and Executing Missions | p. 239 |
Deuce Gear-Tim La Sage | p. 241 |
USMC Sniper Training at Unit Level | p. 242 |
My Final Sniper Mission | p. 243 |
Sgt. Jon | p. 249 |
"Sniper's Eve": Barrett .50cal | p. 249 |
The Initial Invasion of Iraq | p. 251 |
Combat Cook | p. 252 |
Kevin McCaffrey | p. 255 |
Jeff Chang | p. 259 |
Jeff Chang on SWAT/Military Sniper Differences | p. 263 |
Afterword | p. 267 |
Glossary | p. 275 |
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