The term sniper was first attested in 1824 in the sense of the word "sharpshooter". The verb "to snipe" originated in the 1770s among soldiers in British India where a hunter skilled enough to kill the elusive snipe was dubbed a "sniper"
During the American Civil War, the common term used in the United States was "skirmisher". Throughout history armies have used skirmishers to break up enemy formations and to thwart the enemy from flanking the main body of their attack force.[3] They were deployed individually on the extremes of the moving army primarily to scout for the possibility of an enemy ambush. Consequently, a "skirmish" denotes a clash of small scope between these forces.[4] In general, a skirmish was a limited combat, involving troops other than those of the main body.[3] The term "sniper" was not in widespread use in the United States until after the American Civil War.
The term "sniper" has been used in more serious tones especially by media in association with police precision riflemen, those responsible for assassination, any shooting from all but the shortest range in war, and any criminal equipped with a rifle in a civil context. This has rather expanded the meaning of the term. It has also given the term "sniper" mixed connotations. Official sources often use more positive connotative terms to describe snipers, especially for police snipers: "counter-sniper", "precision marksman", "tactical marksman", "sharpshooter", "precision riflemen", and "precision shooter". Some of these alternatives have been in common use for a long time; others are closer to undisguised euphemisms.
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Guillie Suits
A ghillie suit, or yowie suit, is a type of camouflage clothing designed to resemble heavy foliage. Typically, it is a net or cloth garment covered in loose strips of cloth or twine, sometimes made to look like leaves and twigs, and optionally augmented with scraps of foliage from the area. Snipers and hunters may wear a ghillie suit to blend into their surroundings and conceal themselves from enemies or targets. The suit gives the wearer's outline a three-dimensional breakup, rather than a linear one. When manufactured correctly, the suit will move in the wind in the same way as surrounding foliage.
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Sniper's Shooting from cover or from roof tops!
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US Army sniper team shooting from within a room in Afghanistan with M24 SWS, 19 October 2006.
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A sniper, using a MK.14 EBR uses two stakes to help steady his aim while providing overwatch in Iraq.
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A sniper from the Jalalabad Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) looks for enemy activity along the hilltops near Dur Baba, Afghanistan, November 2006.
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A US Secret Service sniper on the roof of the White House
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Honolulu Police Department Specialized Services Division Counter-Sniper Team does aerial platform training.
This is the M14 in its Navy M14Mod O EBR guise. All of the Crazy Horse modifications are incorporated into this rifle, with the exception of the Sage Stock.
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Mk14 Mod O select fire EBR. This is the real deal. New Old Stock Smith Enterprise select fire receiver. Smith Enterprise built only 178 pre-86 full auto receivers. All TRW parts. Just built by Smith Enterprise to Navy specifications inlcuding an 19" chrome lined Crazy Horse barrel. There is only one of these in existence. No more will be built.
Crazy Horse MK14 SEI Mod 0
.338 Lapua Tac Rig
Barrett .50 Cal (Light .50)
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Israeli operator with a Barrett 82A1 .50 BMG during the Israeli-Palestinians clashes in the Occupied Territories, October 2000
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