Kill Shot: The Deadliest Snipers of All Time

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