Sniping in the Great War / Martin Pegler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pegler, Martin, 1954- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sniping (Military science)--History--20th century.

Sniping (Military science).

Sniper rifles--History--20th century.

Sniper rifles.

World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Western Front.

World War, 1914-1918.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (356 p.)

Place of Publication:

Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Military snipers are highly trained marksmen who target individual enemy soldiers. They are regarded as vital specialists in modern warfare, and their role evolved throughout the Great War. As Martin Pegler shows in this wide-ranging, authoritative study, the technique of sniping adapted rapidly to the conditions of static warfare that prevailed through much of the conflict.His account follows the development of sniping from the early battles of 1914, through the trench fighting and the attributional offensives of the middle years, to the renewed open warfare of 1918. He concentrates on the co

Contents:

""The Sniper�s Ross""""Chapter Three - Early Days""; ""Early Trench Sniping""; ""Loophole Plates""; ""Ammunition for Sniping""; ""Big Game Rifles""; ""Chapter Four - The Tools for the Job""; ""British Sniping Rifles""; ""Trouble with Scopes""; ""The Periscopic Prism, Winchester and Aldis Scopes""; ""Other Telescopic Sights""; ""Chapter Five - A Gradual Response""; ""The Prichard Effect""; ""Periscope Rifles""; ""Optics and Glassmen""; ""Galilean Sights""; ""Aperture Sights""; ""Gallipoli, the Sniper�s War""; ""Billy Sing""; ""Chapter Six - Selection and Training""; ""The Sniping Schools""

""The Linghem School""""Salonika � The Forgotten Campaign""; ""The Lovats in France""; ""Sniping School Curriculum""; ""Use of Snipers""; ""The Royal Engineers and the Special Works Park""; ""Chapter Seven - The Commonwealth Snipers""; ""Canadian Sniping""; ""ANZAC Sniping""; ""The South Africans""; ""French Sniping""; ""Mountain Sniping""; ""A New Phase""; ""Chapter Eight - The Beginning of the End""; ""Effectiveness of Sniping""; ""Attitudes""; ""The Final Push""; ""The American Sniper""; ""Sniper Training""; ""The Best for Last: The Pattern 1914 Sniping Rifle""; ""The Finale""; ""Notes""

""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-205) and index.

ISBN:

9781783460847

1783460849

OCLC:

854974824