During the armed conflicts of the
last century, the names of Vasily
Zaytsev, Simo Häyhä (called „the
White Death"), Matthäus Hetzenauer,
or Liudmyla Pavlychenko give rise to
fear among their opponents... After
the World War II, snipers fought in
every conflict all over the world – in
the 1960's it was Carlos Hathcock in
Vietnam, in 2004, Chris Kyle helped
in recapturing Falluja in Iraq from
Al-Qaida, while a Canadian sniper,
Rob Furlang, became famous for
a record-breaking confirmed shot
from a distance of more than 2600
m (in Afghanistan). Although the role
and tasks of a sniper have changed
over the years, along with the evolu-
tion of tactics and operation scenar-
ios, the sniper rifle is still the most
characteristic element of snipers'
equipment. The sniper rifle.
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