The Sniper Encyclopaedia is an indispensable alphabetical, topic-by-topic guide to a fascinating subject. This is a comprehensive work that covers virtually any aspect of sniping.

Table of Contents

• Panels
• What to Expect … and Acknowledgements
• Bibliography and Sources of Information
• Introduction
• A
• Balaoglan Abasov
• Mamed-Ali Abasov
• Tuleugali Abdybekov
• Ivan Abdulov
• ACCURACY INTERNATIONAL SNIPER RIFLES, BRITAIN
• Afanasiy Abduvekov
• Abdul the Terrible
• Acq sniping school
• Noy Adamia
• Alexander Adie & Son(s)
• Teshaboy Adilov
• Aleksey Adrov
• Nikifor Afanasev
• Aimpoint
• ALDIS BROTHERS, BRITISH OPTICAL-SIGHT MAKERS
• Akhat Akhmetyanov
• Nikolay Aksakov
• Said Aliev
• Joseph Allerberger
• Leander Amadon
• Makhmud Amaev
• American Expeditionary Force, AEF
• Serafima Anashkina
• Peter Anderson
• Khusen Andrukhaev
• AMMUNITION
• Liliya Anisimova
• Ivan Antonov
• Yacov Antonov
• James J. Archer
• Archer's Brigade
• Ivan Arsenyuk
• ANTI-MATÉRIEL RIFLES
• ANTI-MATÉRIEL RIFLES, ‘AMR’
• ARISAKA SNIPER RIFLES, JAPAN
• Nina Artamonova
• Vera Artamonova
• Iraida Atamanchuk
• Australia & New Zealand Army Corps
• Austro-Italian Front
• AVS
• Robert Baden-Powell
• ARMALITE SNIPER RIFLES, USA
• AWARDS AND DECORATIONS, SNIPING -RELATED
• Abraham Bailey
• Ezekiel Baker
• Lidiya Bakieva
• James Ballendine
• John Ballendine
• B
• BAKER RIFLE, BRITAIN
• Tatyana Baramzina
• Barbier, Bénard & Turenne
• Francis Baring
• Thomas Barratt
• Nikolay Bayan
• William Beech
• Alla Begunova
• Nina Belobrova
• BARRETT SNIPER RIFLES, USA
• Mikhail Belousov
• Pyotr Belousov
• Yuliya Belousova
• Pyotr Belyakov
• Aleksandra Belyakova
• Bemis Heights
• Liliya Benensova
• Berlin–Lübecker Maschinenfabrik
• Beretta sniper rifles
• ALFRED BELLARD, FRENCH INVENTOR
• Petr Beryakov
• Ivan Bespalov
• Vitaliy Bezgolosov
• Valentina Biněvská
• Birmingham Small Arms Co.
• HIRAM BERDAN, AMERICAN SOLDIER AND INVENTOR
• BERTHIER SNIPER RIFLES, FRANCE
• Blackford's Battalion
• Black Hawk Down
• Raisa Blagova
• Bocage normand
• Otto Bock
• Ivan Bocharov
• Ivan Bogatir
• Pyotr Bogdanov
• Bogenlampen & Apparätefabrik
• Aleksandra Bogomolova
• Evdokiya Bolisova
• BLASER SNIPER RIFLES, GERMANY/SWITZERLAND
• Antonina Boltaeva
• German Boltarev
• Aleksey Boltirev and Garma Boltirev
• Filipp Bondarchuk
• Pyotr Bondarenko
• Timofey Bondarenko
• USS Bonhomme Richard
• Olga Bordashevskaya
• Guriy Borizov
• Ottavio Bottecchia
• Edward Braddock
• Braxton Bragg
• Ivan Brezgin
• Maksim Briksin
• Aleksey Brizgalin
• Olga Bronnikova
• BSA Guns Ltd
• BROWNING .50 MACHINE GUN, USA
• Mikhail Budenkov
• Ivan Budilin
• Ivan Bugay
• Pyotr Bulavskiy
• John Burke
• Ivan Burminstrov
• Frederick Burnham
• Emil Busch AG
• William Bush
• Leonid Butkevich
• Lidiya Butorova
• Zoya Bychkova
• Olga Bykova
• Cacabelos
• Thomas Caldwell
• Somerset Calthorpe
• James Cameron
• William Cameron
• Canadian Expeditionary Force, CEF
• Daniel Cass
• Cataract Tool & Optical Company
• Central Schools of Sniper Training
• Česká Zbrojovka
• John Chandler
• John Chapman
• C
• ČESKÁ ZBROJOVKA/CZUB SNIPER RIFLES, CZECH REPUBLIC
• Cheatham's Brigade
• Vasiliy Chebotarev
• Fyodor Chegodaev
• Nora Chegodaeva
• Tatyana Chernova
• Chickamauga
• James Christie
• Francis Carr Clerke
• William Clifford
• Stuart Cloete
• ‘Cobra’
• Auguste Colbert-Chabanais
• William Colquhoun
• Samson Comego
• Conference of Experts in Scouting, Sniping and Observation
• USS Constitution
• Cooke, Troughton & Sims Ltd
• Malcolm Cooper
• George Cordell
• Cross Keys
• COLT REVOLVER RIFLE, USA
• FREDERICK CRUM, BRITISH SNIPER TRAINER
• CTS monogram,
• Richard Culver
• Czech snipers in Soviet service
• John Dalglish & Sons
• Bato Damcheev
• Herman Davis
• Davis's Brigade
• D
• DAVID DAVIDSON, BRITISH SIGHT PIONEER
• Denison Smock
• Egor Dergilev
• Designated Marksman Rifle, DMR
• Deutsche Waffen- & Munitionsfabriken, DWM
• Dialyt
• John Dickson & Sons
• Alfred Dillon
• Horace Dimick
• Ivan Dobrik
• David Doev
• Edgar Duerr
• DRAGUNOV SNIPER RIFLE, USSR/RUSSIA
• Dummy or Hesketh Head
• Alan Duncan
• William Dunlop
• Fyodor Dyachenko
• Antonina Dyakova
• Aleksandra Ekimova
• Eley Brothers Ltd
• Eric England
• Erma sniper rifles
• William Evans
• Excellent Sniper badge
• Experimental Corps of Rifle Men
• E
• ENFIELD SNIPER RIFLES, BRITAIN
• John Fairall
• Feinmechanik eGmbH
• F
• FABRIQUE NATIONALE (FN) SNIPER RIFLES, BELGIUM
• Feldjäger zu Fuss and Feldtrupp
• Felix Dzherzhinsky Works
• Patrick Ferguson
• George Ferris
• Fidjelands Siktekikkert
• First Army School of Sniping
• First Nations snipers
• Ernest Fish
• Flintenweibe
• John Forbes
• Förstleute
• John Foster
• Walter Fox
• Franc-tireurs
• Simon Fraser 1
• Simon Fraser 2
• John Frémont
• Arthur Fulton
• Rob Furlong
• fzg,
• Galaš sniper rifles
• HARRY FURNESS, BRITISH ARMY SNIPER
• Galil sniper rifles
• Vakhit Galimov
• Gallipoli campaign
• Nikolay Galushin
• Ziba Ganieva
• Grigoriy Gaponov
• G
• GALILEAN SIGHTS
• GARAND SNIPER RIFLES, USA
• Hermann Geiss
• Gustav Genschow & Co.
• Guibert Gérard
• Walter Gérard
• German manufacturers’ codes
• Gettysburg
• Ghillie Suit
• George Gibbs
• Samuel Gibbs
• Adrian Gilbert
• Andrew Gillison
• Bartolomeo Girandoni
• Glasvisier 16
• Arthur Gleinich
• C. P. Goerz
• Pyotr Golichenkov
• Iya Golievskaya
• Vasiliy Golosov
• Pyotr Gonchakov
• Gerald Goodlake
• Afanasiy Gordienko
• Gary Gordon
• Ivan Gorelikov
• Aleksandr Govorukhin
• George Gray
• Great Patriotic War
• W. W. Greener & Co.
• LEYSTERS GREENER, BRITISH SNIPER
• JULIAN GRENFELL, BRITISH SNIPER
• Grendel, Inc.
• Griffin & Howe
• Ilya Grigorev
• Lidiya Gudovantseva
• Samuel Guiberson
• Robert Guillemard
• Gustloff-Werke
• Chester Hamilton
• Craig Harrison
• William Haskell
• Hawkins Position
• H. B. M. [& Co.]
• H
• HAENEL SNIPER RIFLE, GERMANY
• CARLOS HATHCOCK, US MARINE SNIPER
• SIMO HÄYHÄ, FINNISH SNIPER
• HECKLER & KOCH SNIPER RIFLES, GERMANY
• Jakob Hechl
• Heliar
• M. Hensoldt Söhne
• Henry Herbert
• Hero of the Soviet Union
• John Hinson
• HENRY RIFLE, USA
• Holland & Holland
• HESKETH HESKETH-PRICHARD, BRITISH SNIPER
• MATTHÄUS HETZENAUER, GERMAN SNIPER
• Houghton–Butcher Mfg. Co.
• George Howe
• Caleb Huse
• Ion Idriess
• Abukhazhi Idrisov
• Nikolay Ilin
• Nina Isaeva
• Stepan Isakov
• Klavdiya Ivanova
• Aleksey Ivashenkov
• Mikhail Ivchenko
• Aleksandr Ivkov
• A. Jackenroll GmbH
• Morgan James
• W. J. Jeffrey & Co. Ltd
• J
• JÄGERBÜCHSEN, SPECIALIST RIFLES
• K
• KALASHNIKOV SNIPER RIFLES, USSR/RUSSIA/YUGOSLAVIA
• Benjamin Jenks
• Karl Kahles
• Sergey Kalimbet
• Aleksandr Kalinin
• Nikolay Karasyov
• Semyon Karpachev
• Ivan Karpov
• Nikolay Kashitsin
• Sergey Kashurniy
• Mariya Kataeva
• Viktor Kazakov
• Pyotr Kazanin
• Sergo Kazaryan
• Bert Kemp
• James Kerr
• ‘KF’ or ‘Kf.’
• Fedor Kharchenko
• Valentina Khoklova
• King's Royal Rifle Corps
• Viktor Kireev
• Olga Kirichenko
• Yefim Kiryanov
• Ivan Kiselyov
• Anna Kiselyova
• Anna Kislitsa
• Konstantin Kizirov
• Mariya Kleymenova
• Ilya Klochkin
• Knight's Armament Company
• Vera Kobernyuk
• Aleksey Kochegarov
• Ivan Kolesnikov
• Nadezhda Kolesnikova
• Vasiliy Komaritskiy
• Antonina Komarova
• Komsomol
• Adolf König
• König or Konings
• Tatyana Konstantinova
• Mikhail Kopulov
• Ivan Kordyuk
• Sasha Koreneva
• Mariya Koshkina
• Vera Kosolapova
• Aleksandr Kostin
• NATALIYA KOVSHOVA, RED ARMY SNIPER
• Fedor Kostin
• Tatyana Kosturina
• KRAG-JØRGENSEN SNIPER RIFLES, USA/NORWAY
• Antonina Kotlyarova
• Anatoliy Kotov
• Nina Kovalenko
• Anatoliy Kozlenkov
• Nina Kramoreva
• Evdokiya Krasnoborova
• Zosim Krasnov
• Ivan Kravchevskiy
• Mikhail Kravtsov
• Pyotr Kravtsov
• Praskovya Krestyaninova
• Mikhail Kris
• Fyodor Krivokon
• Aleksandr Krivonos
• Vladimir Kuksenok
• Ivan Kulbertinov
• Aleksey Kurbatov
• Vladimir Kurilov
• Sofiya Kutlomametova
• Mariya Kuzmina
• CHRISTOPHER KYLE, US NAVY SNIPER
• Antonina Kuznetsova
• Gavriil Kuzyakin
• L
• LEBEL SNIPER RIFLES, FRANCE
• Vasiliy Kvachantiradze
• James Land
• LEE-ENFIELD SNIPER RIFLES, BRITAIN AND EMPIRE
• Landlicht Zielfernrohrbau
• Ivan Larkin
• Henry Lattey
• Stepan Ldinin
• Aleksandr Lebedev
• Nikolay Ledenev
• Leupold Optical Company
• Liticheskiy Shtutser
• Marie Ljalková
• Langford Lloyd
• Lock-time
• LENINGRAD SNIPERS
• NINA LOBKOVSKAYA, RED ARMY SNIPER
• London Armoury Company
• London Small Arms Co. Ltd
• LONG RIFLES, USA
• Stepan Loskutov
• Lovat Scouts
• Ernst Ludwig
• Lyman Gun Sight Corporation
• William Lytle
• Henry McComas
• Alexander Macdonald
• Philip McDonald
• McGowan's Brigade
• M
• HERBERT McBRIDE, US/CANADIAN SNIPER AND SNIPER-TRAINER
• McMILLAN SNIPER RIFLES, USA
• Lyubov Makarova
• William Malcolm
• Malenkiy zaychik
• Coote Manningham
• Mannlicher-Carcano sniper rifles
• Olga Marenkina
• Klavdiya Marinkina
• MALE SNIPERS
• MANNLICHER SNIPER RIFLES, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY/AUSTRIA
• MAS SNIPER RIFLES, FRANCE
• Alexander Martin & Company
• John Martin
• Abdulla Matygullin
• Mauser-Werke AG
• Charles Mawhinney
• Medal ‘For Courage’
• Viktor Medvedev
• MAUSER SNIPER RIFLES, GERMANY AND WORLDWIDE
• Leopold Meier
• Aleksandr Melnikov
• Ivan Merkulov
• Neville Methven
• Michigan Volunteer Sharp-Shooters
• Stephen Midgley
• Mil, milrad
• Minute of Angle
• Aleksey Mironov
• Elizaveta Mironova
• Aliya Moldagulova
• MOSIN(-NAGANT) SNIPER RIFLES, USSR/RUSSIA
• Morgan's Riflemen
• Bella Morosova
• Ebenezer Morris
• Boris Moskovskiy
• Inna Mudretsova
• Hector Munro
• TIMOTHY MURPHY, AMERICAN SHARPSHOOTER
• Grigoriy Muray
• Abdulla Musoev
• Menli Musov
• Aleksandra Nazarkina
• Horatio Nelson
• Neue Corpsbüchse
• Leigh Neville
• New Orleans
• N
• EVGENIY NIKOLAEV, RED ARMY SNIPER
• Iosif Nishchev
• NKVD
• HENRY NORWEST, CANADIAN ARMY SNIPER
• Semyon Nomokonov
• Number 32 sight
• Nina Obukhovskaya
• Oculus GmbH
• Fyodor Okhlopkov
• O
• ONE SHOT, ONE KILL: WHAT CAN I ACTUALLY HIT?
• ORDER OF GLORY, USSR
• Lidiya Onyanova
• Opticotechna GmbH
• Optische-Industrie-Gesellschaft
• Nonna Orlova
• Osoaviakhim
• Österreichische Waffenfabriks-Gesellschaft
• Wilfred Owen
• Edward Pakenham
• Nikolay Palmin
• Klavdiya Panteleyeva
• Lasar Papernik
• Timofey Parshutkin
• Maksim Passar
• Johnson Paudash
• Iosif Pavlenko
• P
• PARKER-HALE SNIPER RIFLES, BRITAIN
• LYUDMILA PAVLICHENKO, RED ARMY SNIPER
• FRANCIS PEGAHMAGABOW, CANADIAN ARMY SNIPER
• Oliver Payne
• Vladimir Pchelintsev
• Martin Pegler
• NADEZHDA PETROVA, sRED ARMY SNIPER
• Friedrich Pein
• Ivan Pelikh
• Eric Penberthy
• Evgeniya Peretyatko
• Periscopes & Hyposcopes Ltd
• Periscopic Prism Co. Ltd
• Adrian Peterson
• Georgiy Petrashin
• PGM SNIPER RIFLES, FRANCE
• Stepan Petrenko
• Egor Petrov
• Vasiliy Petrov
• PGW DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY SNIPER RIFLES, CANADA
• Viktor Petrov
• Kaleriya Petrova
• Vera Petrovskaya
• Dmitry Petrunin
• Iosif Pilyushin
• Klavdiya Pisareva
• Demyan Piven
• Thomas Plunket
• Point-blank range
• Mariya Polivanova
• Nikolay Polkovinkov
• Vasiliy Polyashko
• Polygon Wood
• Aleksandr Polyubarinov
• Timofey Popov
• Uliya Populova
• Vasiliy Pospelov
• PTRD AND PTRS, SOVIET ANTI-MATéRIEL RIFLES
• Benjamin Powell
• Pritsel
• Pritsel Ukorochenniy (‘PU’)
• Nikolay Prokhorov
• Ivan Pronkin
• Vasiliy Proschagin
• Vasiliy Proskurin
• Aleksey Prusov
• Klavdiya Pryadko
• Aleksey Pupkov
• James Purdey & Sons Ltd
• Viktor, Duke of Ratibor
• Redfield Gun Sight Co.
• R
• REMINGTON SNIPER RIFLES, USA
• Tadzhibay Redzhapov
• Donald Reinke
• Relative brightness
• John Reynolds
• Leroy Richard
• Westley Richards & Company
• Patrick Riel
• Rifle Brigade
• Rifle Pits
• Ian Robertson
• ROGERS’ RANGERS, BRITISH MILITARY UNIT
• John Robertson
• G. Rodenstock
• Robert Rodes
• ROSS SNIPER RIFLES, CANADA/BRITAIN
• Arthur Rolfe-Martin
• Robert Ross
• Joseph Roth
• Jan Roze
• Filipp Rubakho
• Ruf & Co. vorm. Carl Schütz
• Liba Rugova
• Runaway Troika
• Runge & Kaulfuss
• Robert Russell
• Vladimir Salbiev
• Gataulla Salikhov
• Ivan Saltukov
• S
• SAKO SNIPER RIFLES, FINLAND
• Nikolay Samsonov
• Natalya Sapyan
• Siegfried Sassoon
• J. P. Sauer & Sohn
• Savage Arms Company
• Savage sniper rifles
• Savage-Stevens
• Grigoriy Savchenko
• Mikhail Savchenko
• Vasiliy Savelev
• Scharfschützengewehr
• Schmidt & Habermann
• Nikolay Sechkin
• Aleksandr Sedashkin
• John Sedgwick
• Seidenweberei Berga
• Ivan Seliverstov
• Frederick Selous
• SCHARFSCHüTZENABZEICHEN, GERMANY
• SCHMIDT-RUBIN SNIPER RIFLES, SWITZERLAND
• Pyotr Semakhin
• Leonid Semyonov
• Nikolay Semyonov
• Grigoriy Senatosenko
• Dmitriy Sergienkov
• Zoya Serovikova
• SECOND WORLD WAR SNIPERS
• SERDYUKOV & KRASKOV SNIPER RIFLES, RUSSIA
• Seven Pines
• Mikhail Shamin
• Caleb Shang
• ROZA SHANINA, RED ARMY SNIPER
• Isaac Shannon
• Sharpshooters of the Guards Brigade
• Thomas Sheehan
• Fedor Sherstyuk
• Yuriy Shikov
• Pavel Shikunov
• Randall Shugart
• SHARPS SNIPER RIFLES, USA
• SIG-SAUER SNIPER RIFLES, SWITZERLAND/GERMANY
• Ivan Sidorenko
• Aleksey Sidyukov
• SIGHTS
• Vasiliy Silin
• Grigoriy Simanchuk
• Simson & Co.
• Otto von Singer
• Sitascope
• Skopar
• Aleksandra Skripochkina
• Pyotr Slipko
• Aleksey Slobodyanyuk
• Small Arms Ltd
• Feodosy Smalyachov
• SIMONOV SNIPER RIFLE, USSR
• Yakov Smegnev
• Aleksandra Smirnova
• Elena Smirnova
• Yuliya Smirnova
• WILLIAM ‘BILLY’ SING, AUSTRALIAN SNIPER
• Snayperskaya vintovka
• Evdokiya Snegiryova
• Gavriil Sobyanik
• Pyotr Sofronov
• SNIPERS AND SNIPING: A SUMMARY
• SNIPER SCORES
• Mikhail Sokhin
• Ekaterina Sokolova
• Lidiya Sokolova
• Olga Sokolova
• Petr Sokur
• Ivan Solovev
• Nina Solovey
• Mikhail Sorikov
• South African Sharpshooters
• Special Forces Operational Command
• Special Weapons and Tactics, SWAT
• Mark Spicer
• Spindler & Hoyer KG
• Mikhail Spirin
• SPORTING RIFLES FOR SNIPERS
• Spotsylvania
• Aleksandr Statuev
• Klement-Karl-Ludwig von Steingel
• Anastasiya Stepanova
• Dmitriy Strebkov
• Aleksandra Streltsova
• Viktor Stritsenko
• SPRINGFIELD SNIPER RIFLES, USA
• STEYR-MANNLICHER SNIPER RIFLES, AUSTRIA
• Sturmtruppen
• Nikolay Suchkov
• Ibragim Suleymenov
• Suojeluskuntain Ylieskunnen, Sk.Y.
• Fyodor Surin
• Mikhail Surkov
• D. Swarovski & Co.
• Ambrose Swasey
• William Sweet
• Vasiliy Talalaev
• BRUNO SUTKUS, GERMAN SNIPER
• Semyon Tartyukov
• Taylor, Hobson & Co.
• Telescope Sight School
• Leroy Thompson
• Marshall Tidd
• John Tippins
• Stepan Tokarev
• Richard Travis
• T
• TOKAREV SNIPER RIFLES, USSR
• Pyotr Trufanov
• Zhambyl Tulaev
• TRENCH PERISCOPES
• TRENCH RIFLES
• U
• UNITED STATES SHARP-SHOOTERS
• First Regiment of US Sharp-Shooters
• Second Regiment of US Sharp-Shooters
• Unertl Optical Company
• Moisey Usik
• USSR marksmanship training
• Olga Vasileva
• Ivan Vazherkin
• Lidiya Vdovina
• Nikolay Vedernikov
• Gennady Velichko
• Sergey Veserdeev
• Ivan Vezhlivtsev
• Vickers Instruments Ltd
• Janis Vilhelms
• Vasiliy Vinevitin
• Aleksandra Vinogradova
• Mikhail Vlasov
• Voigtländer & Sohn
• Voroshilov Badge
• V
• VIETNAM SNIPERS
• W
• WALTHER SNIPER RIFLES, GERMANY
• Anna Vostrykhina
• Vsevobuch
• Hillary Waldrep
• Adelbert Waldron
• Jesse Wallingford
• Warner & Swasey Company
• Watson & Sons
• Watts & Co. Ltd
• W. R. Weaver Company
• WAR AGAINST TERROR
• WHITWORTH SNIPER RIFLE, BRITAIN
• Stephen Weed
• Hermann Weihrauch
• Daniel Wells
• Edwin Wesson
• Wetzlarer Optische Werke
• Whitehead Brothers
• Joseph Whitworth
• Winchester optical sights
• WINCHESTER SNIPER RIFLES, USA
• Windbüchse
• Helmut Wirnsberger
• WILLIAM YOULTEN, BRITISH INVENTOR
• F. A. Wöhler
• Laurence Yaggi
• Ivan Yampolsky
• Yates's Sharpshooters
• Alvin York
• Aleksey Yurkov
• Ivan Zaytsev
• Z
• VASILIY ZAYTSEV, RED ARMY SNIPER
• YULIYA ZHUKOVA, RED ARMY SNIPER
• Carl Zeiss
• Henry de Zeng
• Zhang Taofang
• Ekaterina Zhdanova
• Ivan Zhulaev
• Zielgerät 1229 Vampir
• Zielvier
• Pavel Zinchenko
• Mariya Zubchenko