Two Marine snipers brought home the top prize at this year’s International Sniper Competition in a rare win for the Corps.

The US Army recently held two competitions devoted to Army Ranger skills and marksmanship—and two new teams came out on top.

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 ...

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 ...

Combat stress revealed sniper system strengths that range testing and laboratory trials failed to expose. Semi-automatic platforms like the SVD Dragunov legitimized semi-auto rifles for sniper roles ...

Step inside the world of U.S. Army Snipers and uncover the extreme training required to become one of the military’s most ...

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 ...

Flickr - DVIDSHUB - Sniper course (Image 1 of 4)© "Flickr - DVIDSHUB - Sniper course (Image 1 of 4)" by DVIDSHUB is licensed under BY 2.0. Sniper rifles have played a critical role in modern warfare, ...