Military Sniper since 1914 - (Print on Demand)

Informationen zum Autor Martin Pegler was born in 1954, and educated at Hampton School and London University. He is Senior Curator of Weapons at the Royal Armouries, Leeds; his hobbies include shooting historic firearms, and touring Europe by motorcycle. He has previously written two titles in Osprey's Warrior series: The US Cavalryman 1865-90 and The British Tommy 1914-18. Martin Pegler lives in Yorkshire with his wife and two cats. Klappentext It was only in World War I that the combination of high quality service rifles and new telescopic sights brought the true 'sniper' to the battlefield as a distinct specialist. By 1918 the scout-sniper's value as an observer and gatherer of intelligence was as important as his lethal skills, but these were disregarded in the interwar years. From 1939-45 most armies had to train and equip snipers from scratch, but they were to play a major role in all theatres of war. Famously, on the Russian Front it was a role in which women excelled. This title recounts the development of weapons, sights, tactics and clothing in all the major armies, from Flanders to the Gulf. Zusammenfassung This title describes and illustrates the weapons and tactics of the specialist military marksman from World War I to the Gulf War. It focuses on the scout-sniper to snipers on the Russian Front; a role in which women excelled. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction · Historic Background · World War I · World War II · Snipers since 1945 · Commentary on the colour artwork · Index

Product details

• Authors: Pegler, Martin Pegler, Martin M. Pegler
• Assisted by: Ramiro Bujeiro (Illustration), Bujeiro Ramiro (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.01.2001
• EAN: 9781841761411
• ISBN: 978-1-84176-141-1
• No. of pages: 64
• Dimensions: 184 mm x 248 mm x 6 mm
• Series: Elite; Elite
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; HISTORY / Military / Special Forces, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Warfare & defence, Special and elite forces