19 Comments on Top 10 Deadliest Snipers Of All Time
Just sayen, stupid rating system. Available targets have a lot to do with success. However the Soviet Bitch kinda turns me on.
By the way, unless things have changed in the last two years, we train Canadian snipers.
I’m not an expert on this, and I’m not minimizing the bravery and skill of these guys (1gal) but sheer number of kills shouldn’t be the only criteria. You read about those guys and you feel inadequate, I do anyway. How about, I think his last name was Hickok, that put a shot dead straight through the scope of an enemy sniper.
Obama was a world class sniper.
I mean he was a classless sniper.
He is a Democrat, what else would you expect?
Joe24Pack,
Dang buddy. Hatchcock. Pretty damn close. He’s not only famous for that shot but also for a 48 hour crawl to off a couple NVA. Yes he belongs on the list. Maybe number 1.
LOL, oops, Hathcock. A natural born killer.
I still think ventura should be clubbed like a
baby seal.
@joe6pak
I read his book several years ago….marine sniper I think is was titled. the cong called him “long trang” don’t remember what the translation was, but I bet they do.
Long Trang, White Feather Sniper.
Ironically, I know for a fact back in the day I had metal finishers on the payroll named Long Trang.
Certainly there is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and like it, never really care for anything else thereafter.”
I love Hemingway. Read everything he’s ever written. Wish he would have finished Islands in The Stream.
@Bad_Brad; actually Canada runs an advanced sniper school in Gagetown, New Brunswick that trains snipers from all over the world including the US. I suspect we also send some of our snipers to the US for advanced as well as specialized training.
I think the list was for total kills which may be why Carlos Hathcock wasn’t on the list. He should have been because being a great sniper isn’t necessarily a function of total kills but rather all around skills.
@Bad_Brad
What Hemingway said. I stopped hunting animals after I came home. It seemed rather…. unseemly.
I thought Brad would at least get an honorable mention.
Thank you, IOTW commenters. I learn so much for you. I opened my Amazon account and ordered the Hathcock book to send to my son. His current deployment gives him a bit too much down time and he’ll love this man’s story!
I thought a Finnish woman had the
most kills ???
I highly recommend: Henderson, Charles (1986). Marine Sniper: 93 Confirmed Kills (1986 ed.),an account of Carlos Hathcock’s sniping in Vietnam. He is believed to be one of the most prolific snipers in America, but he often hunted completely alone for extended periods in the bush.
Just sayen, stupid rating system. Available targets have a lot to do with success. However the Soviet Bitch kinda turns me on.
By the way, unless things have changed in the last two years, we train Canadian snipers.
I’m not an expert on this, and I’m not minimizing the bravery and skill of these guys (1gal) but sheer number of kills shouldn’t be the only criteria. You read about those guys and you feel inadequate, I do anyway. How about, I think his last name was Hickok, that put a shot dead straight through the scope of an enemy sniper.
Obama was a world class sniper.
I mean he was a classless sniper.
He is a Democrat, what else would you expect?
Joe24Pack,
Dang buddy. Hatchcock. Pretty damn close. He’s not only famous for that shot but also for a 48 hour crawl to off a couple NVA. Yes he belongs on the list. Maybe number 1.
LOL, oops, Hathcock. A natural born killer.
I still think ventura should be clubbed like a
baby seal.
@joe6pak
I read his book several years ago….marine sniper I think is was titled. the cong called him “long trang” don’t remember what the translation was, but I bet they do.
Long Trang, White Feather Sniper.
Ironically, I know for a fact back in the day I had metal finishers on the payroll named Long Trang.
Long Trang
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Hathcock
Certainly there is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and like it, never really care for anything else thereafter.”
I love Hemingway. Read everything he’s ever written. Wish he would have finished Islands in The Stream.
@Bad_Brad; actually Canada runs an advanced sniper school in Gagetown, New Brunswick that trains snipers from all over the world including the US. I suspect we also send some of our snipers to the US for advanced as well as specialized training.
I think the list was for total kills which may be why Carlos Hathcock wasn’t on the list. He should have been because being a great sniper isn’t necessarily a function of total kills but rather all around skills.
@Bad_Brad
What Hemingway said. I stopped hunting animals after I came home. It seemed rather…. unseemly.
I thought Brad would at least get an honorable mention.
Thank you, IOTW commenters. I learn so much for you. I opened my Amazon account and ordered the Hathcock book to send to my son. His current deployment gives him a bit too much down time and he’ll love this man’s story!
I thought a Finnish woman had the
most kills ???
I highly recommend: Henderson, Charles (1986). Marine Sniper: 93 Confirmed Kills (1986 ed.),an account of Carlos Hathcock’s sniping in Vietnam. He is believed to be one of the most prolific snipers in America, but he often hunted completely alone for extended periods in the bush.