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Kill Shot: The 15 Deadliest Snipers of All Time
Offers engaging stories and full-color photos of the world's most lethal marksmen, from World War II and Vietnam to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Original.
160 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 2010
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March 23, 2012
this is the best sniper book ever.
November 15, 2025
Hands down one of the best sniper books, the snipers from several different countries and several different wars.
February 23, 2013
The back cover says "Lethal Tales of the Battlefield's Deadliest One-Shot Warriors."
Somehow, I managed to survive reading this book.
It wasn't bad, but it wasn't great. The author (or the editors) made several mistakes. In two pictures infantrymen with Trijicon or Aimpoint optics were identified as "snipers". Such optics are routinely used by the military. One picture identified the Aimpoint optic as an AN/PVS 17A night vision sight...which it wasn't. The shot was also taken in broad daylight, when such a sight wouldn't have been in use.
This gem of a line was penned on page 100: "U.S. Marine Sergeant Carlos Hathcock is one of the highest-scoring marksmen in the U.S. Army...."
And this on page 121, which is nearly gibberish: "Having witnessed Amal militia ambush, Lebanese Armed Forces armored personnel carriers (APCs), capture the soldiers and then shoot them in cold blood with the 12.7 mm (0.5in) machine gun mounted on the roof of the APC." After reading it several times, you can sort of get the gist of what happened.
Readers truly interested in sniping and its history might better be served by reading the books that Stronge himself used in putting this book together, or by going to some of the forums that are out there and referencing their recommendations.
Somehow, I managed to survive reading this book.
It wasn't bad, but it wasn't great. The author (or the editors) made several mistakes. In two pictures infantrymen with Trijicon or Aimpoint optics were identified as "snipers". Such optics are routinely used by the military. One picture identified the Aimpoint optic as an AN/PVS 17A night vision sight...which it wasn't. The shot was also taken in broad daylight, when such a sight wouldn't have been in use.
This gem of a line was penned on page 100: "U.S. Marine Sergeant Carlos Hathcock is one of the highest-scoring marksmen in the U.S. Army...."
And this on page 121, which is nearly gibberish: "Having witnessed Amal militia ambush, Lebanese Armed Forces armored personnel carriers (APCs), capture the soldiers and then shoot them in cold blood with the 12.7 mm (0.5in) machine gun mounted on the roof of the APC." After reading it several times, you can sort of get the gist of what happened.
Readers truly interested in sniping and its history might better be served by reading the books that Stronge himself used in putting this book together, or by going to some of the forums that are out there and referencing their recommendations.
October 6, 2012
Very interesting. Limited information on each individual featured, but a good primer on the who's who of badass snipers.
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