Snipers utilize a craft all their own. It’s an odd one that involves small elite teams, armed with accurate rifles, often going out alone and away from the cover an army provides. Snipers are known for their kills and ability to hit precise targets at long ranges, but they do much more than that. Snipers change the battlefield, demoralize the enemy, act as scouts, conducting reconnaissance and often provide precision fire right where it’s needed most as operations progress.
We’ve gathered a list of the deadliest snipers that changed the face of warfare as we know it. They not only hunted their enemy with dangerous precision, but pushed the tactics and technology of their given trade forward as well.
