Sniper : Minimum casualty, maximum damage; long range and devastatingly accurate.
The above statement summarises the feeling and sentiment of a sniper who believed in God, but the list that is about to be displayed, well, you be the judge of their belief.
Snipers are highly evolved, trained and dedicated marksman and their role regardless of their gender is to work as a protector of fellow soldiers and overseers of a mission. The list comprises brave women and men ranked not only on their kill count but also on keeping in mind the distance, accuracy and sheer career importance.
Lo and behold, here goes the list, counting down :
Serving under the Soviet Red Army she has a short career span of 4 years and joined the army at the age of 17 after her brother was killed in 1941. She has an astonishing 59 confirmed kills. She was known for killing 2 soldiers with a single shot, famously known as doublets. She was the first servicewoman to receive the Order of Glory and Medal of Valor. She died valiantly while defending an injured fellow soldier. Her records were recovered after her death as she liked to write a diary.
Serving under the Canadian forces she fought alongside Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry and was deployed in Afghanistan. He was an overseer of a mission and saw 3 insurgents setting up for mortar attack on the passing cavalry. They were approximately 1500 to 2400 meters away from his position. It was summer of 2002 in the barren landscape and with the sniper that he had in his hand, the shot seemed impossible, until he went for it. He killed all 3 insurgents with three impeccable, improbable and impossible shots and held the record for the longest confirmed kill from 2002 to 2009. He won a Bronze Star from the US army though he worked for Canadian forces, which defines the importance of his mission.
From the Soviets to Canadians let's move to the United States. While being deployed in Vietnam he had an astonishing 109 confirmed kills. If you are not aware of the topography of Vietnam, do a search for it and you will find glimpses of the Sanhok Map from BGMI, and which will tell you exactly how hard it is to be a sniper. The most popular story surrounding Major General Adelbert Waldron states that when US Army boats were docking on the Vietnam coast one day, they were taking heavy fire, but that was not the problem, they has their shields up for that, what was annoying them was the pinpoint accuracy of sniper shots coming their way. Adelbert, quick on his feet, climbed a coconut tree and took a 900 meters shot and eliminated the threat instantly.
Serving under the US Army in Vietnam War he had an astonishing confirmed kill count of 93. He had a bounty of $30,000 on his head. He is attributed to have mastered the shot that went straight through the enemy's scope, now famously known as Glint Shot. He waited patiently and saw just a glint of the sun shining in the enemy sniper's scope and took an almost impossible shot.
From the past let's look at the most recent additions to the wonderful elite list. Chris Kyle served as a US Navy Seal. He has an astonishing 160 confirmed kills under his name. He did this when US soldiers were deployed in Iraq. He won several prestigious awards and also had a movie made on him aptly named “American Sniper”.
Let's loop back to Soviet Red Army, we are counting up to the best, remember. Vasily has an amazing feat of 242 confirmed kills in World War II. She became famous after Russia won the famous Battle of Stalingrad. She was awarded The Hero of the Soviet Union medal, the highest award for her valiant effort. Her life is depicted in movies such as “Enemy at the Gates: The Battle of Stalingrad” and the book “War of the Rats”.
The person who is famously known to every sniper as “THE WHITE DEATH”, actually summarizes the man himself. Serving for the Finnish Army he used Mosin Nagant Rifle ( BGMI Fans can understand and relate the inspiration now). Braving the Northern Finland cold of -40 degrees Fahrenheit, he used to dress up in all white clothing to keep him masked and in sync with the surroundings, he also used to eat snow to keep his mouth heat from escaping and hence giving up his position. He used to take up rations for a week, find high ground, and wait for days. This patience and the precision of execution helped him rake up a confirmed kill count of 505, when we add machine gun kill to the list we look at a mind-boggling number of 705. Towards the end of the war, he got shot in the face and fell in a coma, only to wake up when the war was officially over. He lived for 96 years and is considered the best sniper of all time.
One mans fate comes from another mans wait.
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