On Oct. 7, 1777, British Brig. Gen. Simon Fraser rode a gray horse along the ridge at Bemis Heights, urging his men forward. The Americans had pressed hard against British lines at Saratoga, and ...

The first Israeli military sniper rifles were German K98k snipers obtained by the nascent Israeli armed forces in the late ...

Sniper weapons shifted warfare from mass formations to precision denial by forcing units to change movement and protect leadership. The Barrett M82 expanded sniper roles beyond personnel to include ...

The Soviet soldiers never saw him. Their artillery failed to kill him. Entire units refused to advance because of his skills. Simo Häyhä killed more enemy combatants than any sniper in recorded ...

WW2 introduced rugged telescopic scopes that held zero after repeated firing and withstood battlefield conditions. Standardized match-grade barrels and quality ammunition made precision reproducible ...

SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has inspected sniper and special operations units at a training base, stressing that bolstering special operations forces is the "top ...

Historical sniper incidents demonstrate the importance of threat assessment and pre-planning in preventing mass casualties. Technological tools like gunshot detection and drone surveillance are vital ...