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SNIPING AND
SHARPSHOOTING
PALADIN PRESS · BOULDER, COLORADO
Major John L. Plaster, USAR (Ret.)
THE HISTORY OF
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The History of Sniping and Sharpshooting
by Major John L. Plaster, USAR (ret.)
Copyright © 2008 by John L. Plaster
ISBN 13: 978-1-58160-632-4
Printed in the United States of America
Publisher's Cataloging-in-Publication
(Provided by Quality Books, Inc.)
Plaster, John L.
The history of sniping and sharpshooting / John L.
Plaster,
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-1-58160-632-4
ISBN-10: 1-58160-632-X
1. Sniping (Military science)—History.
2. Sharpshooting (Military science)—History. I. Title.
UD330.P53 2008
356'.162
QBI07-600251
Published by Paladin Press, a division of
Paladin Enterprises, Inc.
Gunbarrel Tech Center
7077 Winchester Circle
Boulder, Colorado 80301 USA
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Direct inquiries and/or orders to the above address.
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All rights reserved. Except for use in a review, no portion of this book may be reproduced in any form
without the express written permission of the publisher.
Neither the author nor the publisher assumes any responsibility for the use or misuse of
information contained in this book.
Visit our Web site at www.paladin-press.com
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TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
PART 1
EARLY WARS IN THE NEW WORLD AND ON THE CONTINENT
1
Chapter 1: The Sharpshooter's Dawn
3
Chapter 2: The Sharpshooting Revolution
25
Chapter 3: The Rifle Comes of Age
63
THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
101
PART 2
Chapter 4: War of the Sharpshooters
103
Chapter 5: Civil War Sharpshooter Weapons and Equipment
139
Chapter 6: Civil War Sharpshooter Tactics and Techniques
171
Chapter 7: Sharpshooters in Battle
211
PART 3
SHARPSHOOTING IN TRANSITION
249
Chapter 8: Small Wars and Big Innovations
251
THE TWO WORLD WARS
291
PART 4
Chapter 9: True Sniping Begins: World War I
293
Chapter 10: Snipers from the New World
339
Chapter 11 : Europe's Second Sniping War
371
Chapter 12: Sniping on the Eastern Front
415
Chapter 13: Sniping in the Pacific
465
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PART 5
PART 5: THE ASIAN WARS
507
Chapter 14: Sniping in Korea
509
Chapter 15: The Vietnam Sniping War
543
PART 6
PART 6: SNIPING INTO THE 21st CENTURY
587
Chapter 16: Sniping After Vietnam
589
Chapter 17: Sniping in Afghanistan and Iraq
619
Chapter 18: Sniping in the Future
653
Bibliography
659
Index
673
vi
THE HISTORY OF SNIPING AND SHARPSHOOTING
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It is fitting and proper that this book is dedicated to
Colonel Thompson's Battalion of
RIFLEMEN
The very first unit of
THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Created by a special act of
The Continental Congress
14 June 1775
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