The Sniper Encyclopaedia
The Sniper Encyclopaedia
Editor/Author
Walter, John
Publication Year: 2018
Publisher: Casemate Group
Price: Core Collection Only

ISBN: 978-1-78438-184-4
Category: History - World history
Image Count:
207
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
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.
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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