Ebook: Sniping in the Great War
Author: Pegler Martin
- Tags: HISTORY--Military--World War I, Scharfschütze, Sniper rifles--History--20th century, Sniping (Military science)--History--20th century, Weltkrieg, World War 1914-1918--Campaigns--Western Front, Sniper rifles, Sniping (Military science), Military campaigns, History, Sniping (Military science) -- History -- 20th century, Sniper rifles -- History -- 20th century, World War 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Western Front, HISTORY -- Military -- World War I, Western Front (World War (1914-1918)), Scharfschütze
- Year: 2008
- Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
- City: Barnsley;England
- Language: English
- epub
Military snipers are highly trained marksmen who target individual enemy soldiers. They are regarded as vital specialists in modern warfare, and their role evolved throughout the Great War. As Martin Pegler shows in this wide-ranging, authoritative study, the technique of sniping adapted rapidly to the conditions of static warfare that prevailed through much of the conflict.His account follows the development of sniping from the early battles of 1914, through the trench fighting and the attributional offensives of the middle years, to the renewed open warfare of 1918. He concentrates on the continuous British and German sniping war on the Western Front, but he also looks at how snipers operated in other theaters, at Gallipoli and Salonika and on the Eastern Front. Sniper training, field craft and counter-sniping measures are described in detail. There is a full reference section giving the specification of the sniping rifles of the period and assessing their effectiveness in...