Snipers at War: An Equipment and Operations History - Couverture rigide

Walter, John

 
9781784381844: Snipers at War: An Equipment and Operations History
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ISBN 10 : 1784381845 ISBN 13 : 9781784381844
Editeur : Greenhill Books, 2017

Synopsis

Snipers at War is a detailed history and analysis of the equipment, tactics and personalities of the sniping world , from the pursuit of accuracy to the latest electronic aids to observation and ranging. Technology and marksmanship from the Crimean War to the present day is examined in detail. The role of the sniper was largely ignored until the Winter War of 1939-40 between Finland and the USSR showed what could be achieved by specialist marksmen: Finn Simo Häyhä amassed 505 kills in less than a hundred days, a lesson learned by the Red Army to its cost. By the Germans invasion of 1941 the Russians were prepared: when the war ended, in addition to men such as Vasiliy Zaytsev, a Stalingrad hero with 242 accredited kills, the USSR had trained more than 2000 women as snipers. After 1945, the sniper s reputation declined again. However, the Vietnam War, seemingly unending Middle Eastern conflict, internal strife in Sri Lanka, and ever-present urban threats have given new impetus not only to sniping but also to the development of new and more effective weaponry.

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À propos de l?auteur

John Walter, born in Glasgow in 1951, is among the world s most prolific writers on small arms author of seventy books, translated into more than a dozen languages. Walter has worked with edged weapons, bladed tools, firearms, railway locomotives, warships, scientific instruments and even heraldry. Among his published works have been several studies of the Luger pistol; four editions of Rifles of the World; The Airgun Book; The Rifle Story and The Handgun Story; Guns of the Elite and its current successor, Guns of the Elite Forces; The German Rifle; and The Greenhill Dictionary of Guns and Gunmakers.

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Éditeur
Greenhill Books
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1784381845
ISBN 13 
9781784381844
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
294
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  1682472663 ISBN 13 :  9781682472668
Editeur : Naval Institute Press, 2017
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