LETHAL TALES OF THE BATTLEFIELD’S DEADLIEST ONE-SHOT WARRIORS
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