Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
American Sniper (2012) American Gun (2013) [6] Signature. Christopher Scott Kyle (April 8, 1974 – February 2, 2013) was a United States Navy SEAL sniper. He served four tours in the Iraq War and was awarded several commendations for acts of heroism and meritorious service in combat.
Mawhinney poses in 2013 with a replica of the M40 sniper rifle he used during the Vietnam War. Charles Benjamin Mawhinney (February 23, 1949 – February 12, 2024) was a United States Marine who holds the Corps' record for the most confirmed sniper kills, having recorded 103 confirmed kills and 216 probable kills in 16 months during the Vietnam ...
A Chinese sniper who fought in the Korean War with 203 confirmed kills with 206 bullets. 203 China: N/A A soldier who is reputedly the deadliest sniper alive as of 2009 with 173 confirmed kills, mostly with the L115A3 on a single tour with British Army in Afghanistan in 2006–2007, including over 90 Taliban members in one day. 173
On a blazing summer day 50 years ago in Texas, a sniper wreaked unprecedented carnage on the campus of the University of Texas. The gunman climbed the school's iconic Main Building, known as the ...
Carlos Norman Hathcock III. Carlos Norman Hathcock II (May 20, 1942 – February 22, 1999) was a United States Marine Corps (USMC) sniper with a service record of 93 confirmed kills. Hathcock's record and the extraordinary details of the missions he undertook made him a legend in the U.S. Marine Corps.
History. Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Hathcock in 1996. The science of long-range sniping came to fruition in the Vietnam War. US Marine Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Hathcock held the record from 1967 to 2002 at 2,286 m (2,500 yd). [12] He recorded 93 official kills. [citation needed]
Confederate States Army. Years of service. 1862–1864. Battles/wars. American Civil War. Franklin–Nashville campaign. Battle of Johnsonville. John W. "Jack" Hinson, nicknamed "Old Jack" (c. 1807 – 28 April 1874) was a farmer in Stewart County, Tennessee, who operated as a Confederate partisan sniper in the Between-the-Rivers region of ...
978-0062082350. American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History is a work of autobiographical creative nonfiction by United States Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, written with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice. The book was published by William Morrow and Company on January 2, 2012 [1] and appeared on The New York Times ...