Description
KILL SHOT 15 DEADLIEST SNIPERS
Perched on a rooftop or lying camouflaged in a grassy field, snipers are the most feared soldiers on the frontline. But only the elite few possess what it takes to be a top trigger man—deadly aim, iron nerves, killer instincts and unwavering courage.
From the backwoods riflemen of the American Revolution and trench sharpshooters of World War I to Marine snipers in the jungles of Vietnam and today’s top shooters in the mountains of Afghanistan, KILL SHOT details the heroic actions of the world’s most decorated snipers, including:
Simo Häyhä — World-Record 505 Kills
Lyudmila Pavlichenko — Female Sniper with 309 Kills
Josef “Sepp” Allerberger — 257 Soviet Kills
Chuck Mawhinney — 103 Vietcong Kills
Carlos Hathcock — 93 Vietcong Kills
Timothy L. Kellner — 78 Iraqi Insurgent Kills
Craig Harrison — World-Record Kill Shot—2,707 Yards
