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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Pages in good condition. 32 Pages. Softcover. English. See images for condition.

About the book >.>.> Then you have the qualifications of a sniper. Just as a varmint hunter or a big-game stalker moves in on his game silently so a sniper tries to get as close as he can without alarming his quarry. Finally when he knows he can get no closer he settles into a steady position again like a hunter waits until he can get his sight picture holds his breath and carefully squeezes off a shot. But there is one tremendous difference between hunting and military sniping: a sniper’s target is a man who will fire back. A deal of relief is derived from the success of a shot for in case of a miss there is seldom opportunity for a second try. There have been controversies about the morality of sniping as a technique of war. It is not pleasant to single out a man you have never even seen before and shoot him like an unsuspecting woodchuck. But remember that we are writing of war a sniper aims at enemy soldiers while bombs rockets and artillery kill blindly without distinguishing between soldiers and noncombatant civilians. Sniping has a long history. In the American Revolutionary War the British hired special units of crack German marksmen while many American troops prided themselves on long-distance accuracy. The Civil War saw the introduction of scope sights used by the Union’s Berdan’s Sharpshooters. Sniping has become a more and more specialized skill in every war since then. (LL)