The Soviet soldier never saw him. Neither did the one after that, or the next, or the hundreds who followed. Simo Häyhä ...

Snipers are an essential piece on the chess board when it comes to modern warfare, delivering precision fire, long-range overwatch, and real-time reconnaissance Chris Kyle is recognized as one of the ...

This certainly wasn’t hand-to-hand combat. A Canadian soldier in Iraq has killed an ISIS militant from more than two miles away, shattering the world record for a confirmed sniper kill in military ...

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 ...

Sniper rifles expanded battlefield engagement distances from under 3,000 feet in WWII to over 7,500 feet today. The Barrett M82 and .50 BMG platforms transformed sniping by enabling anti-materiel ...