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		This is the book that started it all !! Find all about U.S.M.C. Gunnery Sergeant Carlos N. Hathcock II, THE BEST SNIPER OF ALL TIMES. The missions of a Marine written by a Marine... this book reflects the kind of heroism , commitment, fielcraft and marksmanship "Gunny " had. HE was simply stated : "The sniper we all want to be !! BUY FROM PALADIN PRESS
		If you can only buy one book BUY THIS ONE !! I am partial about Major Plaster's book as it has been my own bible for the last 6 years !! It has flaws, as everything, but covers all the sniper spectrum with a depth never found before on any manual. It is readable and has lots of ilustrations that help get the ideasall the . For the end of 2000 the spanish version !! BUY FROM PALADIN PRESS
		US ARMY TC - 23 - 14 This is the best executed military manual around, the information is extensive but focused on the ARMY's equipment and tactics, and the graphics are much better than the other milspec manuals around. BUY FROM PALADIN PRESS
		From SNIPERCRAFT'S boss Derrick D. Bartlett This is a fine example of what an advanced sniper manual has to be. It is NOT a shooting ( there are many ) one BUT a speciallized analisis of his role as a tactical officer, on all it's different facets: mission analisis, sniper roles, sniper responsibilities and liabilities, how to work with your supervisors and how to survive the good and the bad moments of every sniper ( training, absences from the family, being in court for doing your work....) . If you are an active police sniper YOU SHOULD HAVE this one. BUY AT www.snipercraft.org
		U.S.M.C. Scout/Sniper Manual This is a very interesting manual , it explains the tactics of the Marine Snipers (IMHO the best in the world) so just for that it is a MUST BUY. I have to say that although good, this manual is CRUDE... if you like fancy pics and graphics... forget it. !! BUY FROM PALADIN PRESS
		U.S. ARMY S.O.T.I.C. COURSE This is the NEWLY RELEASED ARMY SNIPER MANUAL !! If you already have the TC 23-14 this is the one for you, very much expended tactics and new policies on the NEW N.A.T.O. peace keeping (read M.O.U.T.) roles. BUY FROM PALADIN PRESS
		SEAL SNIPER PROGRAM This is not a training manual per-se, it is the sniper course outline . But as a training tool for sniper instructors it IS VERY GOOD. The manual is as many other milspec ones : very crude with drawings like your kid (or you) would do...BUY FROM PALADIN PRESS
		ONE SHOT ONE KILL, by C.W.Sasser & C.Roberts American Combat Snipers: World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Beirut. The books shows the story of US snipers by narrating the personal stories of the snipers their tactics. being a novel like book it deserves being here because it is so true to reality that apart from being extremely thilling it is the place to learn how tactics have evolved over the years. Learn how the European WWII snipers fought and how the lessons learned on each war where applied on the following one. BUY FROM PALADIN PRESS
		THE GERMAN SNIPER 1941 - 1945 by Peter Senich By the most prolyphic sniper expert, the whole story of European sniping in the WWII. Major Koenig and his colleagues where the most deadly snipers of all time and considering the shift the sniper role has taken on the new NATO operations ( MOUT ) knowing their tactics is a must for all of us. BUY FROM PALADIN PRESS
		DEAR MOM A SNIPERS VIETNAM, Joseph T. Ward TRUST ME.... DON' T BUY IT !!! I would really love to now what is the background of Mr.Ward but his book is NOT worth a sniper's hard earned $$.
		Death from A Far series ,(Vol 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5,) MSGT Chandler US ARMY (Ret) & Lt.Col. Chandler USMC (Ret), Iron Brigade Armory Publisher, A detailed overview of U.S.M.C. Sniping, The most complete,in-depth USMC sniping books Contact IRON BRIGADE ARMORY at fax (910) 346 1134 or Tel (910) 455 3834

All snipers should have these books in their "armoury".

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NON-SNIPING MUST HAVE BOOKS

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		RIFLE SHOOTING (TIRO CON RIFLE), Bill Pullum The best position rifle shooting book on the market. This is where it all starts.. on being able to SHOOT and HIT.
		THE POOR MAN JAMES BOND SERIES Vol 1, 2, 3 & 4 I don't even know if these books are still legal in the US. Reading them, will show you the level of knowledge you can expect from the urban guerrillas. KNOW YOUR FOE. They are full of chemistry, homemade guns and explosives, military manuals and the kind of survival know-how old west rangers had.
		THE ART OF WAR ( El ARTE DE LA GUERRA ) If you have been to any Military Academy be it or xx, xx, , Kiev or Zaragoza you have undoubtedly read this book. If you have not.... WHAT are you waiting for . There is a before and an after reading this book, in both your military/police carreer AND your life. It has been translated to more than 35 languages.....
		GUNS CRIME & FREEDOM, Wayne LaPierre foreword by Tom Clancy, Published by the N.R.A. This is the best "ammo" you can have, to defend you right to keep and bear arms. Lots of FACTS ( with footnotes and bibliography) and clues on how to defend your "politically incorrect" rights (and job).
		SCHARFSCHUTZEN GEWERE ( Sniper Rifles ) This guy has test fired ALL the sniper rifles you can think of..... here is the proof. Don't look for any kind of sniping analisis, just bare data on the rifles and how they group. SORRY ONLY IN GERMAN ....

These books are also very interesting, even they are NOT about sniping they adress TACTICAL and MILITARY skills that should be known by ALL snipers.

Soon, as time permits, book tests and pics, but until then ...
a complete sniper book list !!

CHRONOLOGICAL   SNIPER BOOK LIST

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PRE-20TH CENTURY
Carman, W.Y. "The Burial of General Fraser, Saratoga 1777." Jrnl Soc Army Hist Rsrch (Sum 1970): pp. 63-65. Per.
Killed by lone Amer marksman.
Greaves, Fielding L. "A Single, Well-Armed Shot." Army (Sep 87): pp. 62-64. Per.
Examples of how a lone marksmen may have changed history.
Jenkins, B. Wheeler. "The Shots that Saved Baltimore." MD Hist Mag 77 (Dec 1982): pp. 362-64. Per.
Credits death of British commander by Amer sharpshooters with preventing capture of city, Sep 1814.
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Strach, Stephen G. "A Memoir of the Exploits of Captain Alexander Fraser and the Company of British Marksmen, 1776-1777." Jrnl Soc Army Hist Rsrch (Sum 1985): pp. 91-98 & (Atm 1985): pp. 164-79. Per.
Cmdr of loyalist unit, upstate NY.
Trussell, John B., Jr. "He Never Missed His Aim." Parameters 6 (No. 1, 1976): pp. 48-59. Per.
Marksman & hero, Timothy Murphy, Rev War.
WORLD WAR I
Bull, Stephen. "British Army Snipes, 1914-18." Mil Illus (Sep 1992): pp. 33-38. Per.
Claphan, Richard. "Sniping and Observing in War Time." Cav Jrnl [Brit] 30 (1940): pp. 327-31. Per.
Hesketh-Prichard, H. Sniping in France: With Notes on the Scientific Training of Scouts, Observers, and Snipers. NY: Dutton, n.d. 268 p. D640H4.
"Periscope." Scout-Sniping. London: Gals, 1918. 118 p. U220P47.
Sniping, Observation and Scouting. Pamphlet, 1918? 63 p. U220S67.
Tantum, William H., IV. Sniper Rifles of Two World Wars. Ottawa, Canada: Museum Restor Srv, 1967. 32 p. UD390T3.
WORLD WAR II
Armstrong, N.A. Fieldcraft, Sniping and Intelligence. 5th ed. Aldershot, Eng: Gale & Polden, 1943. 223 p. U220.191A75.
And earlier eds.
"How the Japs Train Snipers." Mil Rev (Oct 1945): pp. 85-86. Per.
Digested from Brit article, Mar 1945.
Kriventsov, M. "Soviet Snipes." Inf Jrnl (Oct 1942): pp. 31-33. Per.
Lister, C.B. "The Sniper." Amer Rifleman (Sep 1942): pp. 6-8 & 29. Per.
Roberts, Craig. "At Stalingrad...Sniper versus Sniper." WWII (Sep 1989): pp. 12-14 & 16. Per.
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Senich, Peter, and Kyle, Howard. The German Sniper: The Man--His Weapons. Phoenix, AZ: Desert, 1975. 165 p. UD335G3S46.
Shore, C. With British Snipers to the Reich. Georgetown, SC: Small-Arms Tech, 1948. 351 p. U240S56.
"The Sniper." Mil Rev (Sep 1944): pp. 123-24. Per.
Trans of Ger article of May 1944.
"Sniping--A Neglected Art." Army Ord (Jan-Feb 1946): pp. 81-82. Per(NatDef).
Tantum, William H., IV. Sniper Rifles..., cited above.
U.S. Army Ground Forces. Observer Board, Southwest Pacific Area. "Training and Use of Snipers." Rpt No 183, 5 Jan 1945. 1 p. D8767U5v6.
U.S. War Dept. Scouting and Patrolling, Dismounted. Field Manual 21-75, 1938. Para 19. FM.
. Scouting, Patrolling, and Sniping. FM 21-75, Feb 1944. Chap 18. FM.
. Sniperscope and Snooperscope. Tech Manual 5-9340, Sep 1944. 172 p. TM.
. Sniperscope M2. TM 5-9341, Jun 1945. 95 p. TM.
. U.S. Rifle, Cal. 30 M1903A4 (Sniper's).... TM 9-270, Sep 1943. 29 p. TM.
Springfield '03.
. Mil Intell Service. Tactical and Technical Trends (No 29): pp. 21-22 & (No 38):
pp. 24-25. Per.
Westerfield, Hargis. "163 Infantry: Counter-Sniping From Musket Perimeter." The Jungleers: A History of the 41st Infantry Division. n.p.: 41st Assn, 1980. pp. 3-4. #05-41-1980.
On New Guinea.
Zasukhin, B. "Snipers in Action." Trans by Canadian Army Mil Intell Directorate, 1952. 5 p. UD315R923.
Russian methods.
KOREAN ERA
Crupi, A.J., and Odom, William F. "A Warning." Inf Sch Qtly (Oct 1951): pp. 40-46. Per.
Brief hist plus call for use of sniping in Korea.
"Let's Get the Most from Our Shooters." Army (Feb 1957): p. 54. Per.
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"Modernize the Sniper Rifle." Army (Jun 1957): p. 60. Per.
Odom, William F. "The Case of the US Sniper." Inf Sch Qtly (Apr 1954): pp. 65-69. Per.
"Pro & Con." Inf (Jan-Mar 1959): pp. 37-39. Per.
U.S. Dept of Army. Combat Training of the Individual Soldier and Patrolling. Field Manual 21-27, Oct 1950. pp. 124-27. FM.
And Jun 1957, pp. 246-50.
. Operation and Maintenance Instructions for Sniperscopes Models M1 and M2. Tech Manual 5-9341, Aug 1951. 73 p. TM.
. Repair Instructions for Sniperscope, Infrared Set No. 1 (20,000) Volts. TM 5-9342A, Apr 1952. 87 p. FM.
VIETNAM ERA
Ewell, Julian J., and Junt, Ira A., Jr. Sharpening the Combat Edge: The Use of Analysis to Reinforce Military Judgment. Wash, DC: Dept of Army, 1974. pp. 119-23. DS554.54E8.
See index, too.
Hay, John H., Jr. Tactical and Materiel Innovations. Wash, DC: Dept of Army, 1974. pp. 74-76. DS557.7S9H44.
Henderson, Charles. Marine Sniper: 93 Confirmed Kills. NY: Berkley, 1988. 291 p. DS556.4H46.
SGT Carlos Hathcock's exploits.
Johnson, David A. "Army and Marine Snipers...." Vietnam (Dec 1989): pp. 8, 72 & 74. Per.
Kelly, Henry E. "Snipers, We Need Them Again." Mimeo, unknown source, 19 Apr 1960. 2 p. UD333K41.
Pinkston, John W. "Snipers." Student paper, USA Inf Sch, Aug 1971. 11 p. InfSColl.
U.S. Army. Combat Developments Command. Liaison Detachment, Vietnam. "Sniper Programs" Trip Report 33-69, 28 Apr 1969. 24 p. DS558.2B763.
Observations and docs from visits to 3d Marine Div and 1/11th Inf (5th Inf Div). See also Trip Rpt 27-69, p.1.
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U.S. Army Concept Team in Vietnam. Sniper Operations and Equipment. Final report, Vietnam, 23 Feb 1968. 41 p. DS558.2M66.
Evaluation of various unit programs.
. Field Manual 21-75, Jan 1962. pp. 102-04. FM.
. U.S. Rifle, Caliber .30, M1. Field Manual 23-5, Sep 1958. FM.
See Chap 7, "Sniping".
U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam. Combined Intell Center Vietnam. "VC/NVA Employment of Snipers." Order of Battle Study ST 67-029, 6 Jan 1967. pp. 1-3.
DS557.7V37.
. Combat Experiences. Occasional pamphlet series, Saigon, 1969-1970. DS556.4C66.
Selected lessons info intended for other allied forces. See Pam 1-69, pp. 5-8.
Ward, Joseph T. Dear Mom: A Sniper's Vietnam. NY: Ballantine, 1991. 255 p. DS556.4W36.
Marine scout sniper's account, 1969-70.
SINCE 1973
Grigg, Weldon M. "One Shot-One Kill. Inf (Nov-Dec 1979): pp. 44-46. Per.
Rogers, Glenn F., Jr. "MILES Sniper Training." Inf (Mar-Apr 1983): pp. 21-23. Per.
Rozycki, Mark L. "U.S. Army Sniper School." Inf (May-Jun 1989): pp. 33-34. Per.
Estab, ca 1986, Ft Benning, GA.
Senich, Peter R. Limited War Sniping. Boulder, CO: Paladin, 1977. 140 p. UD330S46.
Silkett, Wayne A. "Urban Snipers." Inf (Sep-Oct 1982): pp. 14-15. Per.

Major John Plaster , USAR (Ret) The Ultimate Sniper , Paladin Press (1993), 453p ISBN 0-87364-704-1
visit his page at : http://www.ultimatesniper.com
MSGT Chandler US ARMY (Ret) & Lt.Col. Chandler USMC (Ret), Death from A Far series ,(Vol 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5,) Iron Brigade Armory Publisher,
A detailed overview of U.S.M.C. Sniping, The most complete,in-depth sniping books
Contact IRON BRIGADE ARMORY at fax (910) 346 1134 or Tel (910) 455 3834
LATEST BOOKS ( SINCE 1973 )

Derrick D. Bartlett. "The Art of the Police Sniper" . Precision Shooting
U.S. Army S.O.T.I.C. "Special target and Interdiction Course". Paladin Press
Deam Michaelis . " .50 BMG Hard Target Course". Paladin Press
Grigg, Weldon M. "One Shot-One Kill. Inf (Nov-Dec 1979): pp. 44-46. Per.
Rogers, Glenn F., Jr. "MILES Sniper Training." Inf (Mar-Apr 1983): pp. 21-23. Per.
Rozycki, Mark L. "U.S. Army Sniper School." Inf (May-Jun 1989): pp. 33-34. Per.
Estab, ca 1986, Ft Benning, GA.
Senich, Peter R. Limited War Sniping. Boulder, CO: Paladin, 1977. 140 p. UD330S46.
Silkett, Wayne A. "Urban Snipers." Inf (Sep-Oct 1982): pp. 14-15. Per.

Major John Plaster , USAR (Ret) The Ultimate Sniper , Paladin Press (1993), 453p ISBN 0-87364-704-1
visit his page at : http://www.ultimatesniper.com
MSGT Chandler US ARMY (Ret) & Lt.Col. Chandler USMC (Ret), Death from A Far series ,(Vol 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5,) Iron Brigade Armory Publisher,
A detailed overview of U.S.M.C. Sniping, The most complete,in-depth sniping books
Contact IRON BRIGADE ARMORY at fax (910) 346 1134 or Tel (910) 455 3834

GENERAL/MISCELLANEOUS
Senich, Peter R. The Pictorial History of U.S. Sniping. Boulder, CO: Paladin, 1980. 165 p. UD333S46.
Skennerton, Ian D. The British Sniper: British & Commonwealth Sniping & Equipments, 1915-1983. Margate, Australia: Author, 1984. 266 p. UD390S53.
U.S. Army Ctr for Lessons Learned. Bulletin No 1-88 (Apr 1988). 23 p. U719.5B84.
Experiences from WWII forward. See pp. 3-5.

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click on pic for film data. SNIPER (En el corazon de la Jungla)
Tom Berenger, Billy Zane, JT Walsh.

It is a nice film, shame on those stupid electronic reticles on the sniper scopes and "killer" commentaries destroy it's credibility (like when SgtM.Beckett files little imperfections on his FMJ bullet with a knife and talks about it's terminal balistic effects....) .

In any case the use of real equipment and the recreating of Carlos Hathcock's feats make it a GO !

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SILENT TRIGGER ( Soldado)
Dolph Lundgen

It is a very good equipped film ( .50 cals, Leica scopes and binocs, "wind meters".. ) the problem is that it explores a sniper hitman that has moral problems when confronted with a target obstructed by a kid ( as always) and fails to eliminate it. He is given a second chance on a claustrophobic skyscraper... with a female sniper..... TOO "DARK AND COMPLICATED".

You will like it because of the tactics and equipment and will have an evening laugh with your sniper comrades,

click on pic for film data. LEON ( El Profesional), by Luc Besson
Jean Reno, Gary Oldman Natalie Portman

From the director of Nikita and The great Blue comes the story of hitman called LEON. He trains Natalie Portman on becoming a hitman starting with "sniping".

You will love this film, even though it only has a few minutes of actual sniping.

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THE ULTIMATE SNIPER VIDEO

By JOHN PLASTER

If you have the book then you need the video, it can be a nice basic sniping training video.

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PRO SNIPER

Have you ever been inside the SEALS armory ? I had not so I bought this video. It is anice addition to your collection as it covers SEAL operations and also Snipercraft's sniper competition at Miami Dade's Police Department ranges.

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THE HOME WORKSHOP .50 CAL SNIPER RIFLE.

Do you love fifties ? Can't afford one .... then buy this vidoe and learn how to make your own unit.

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