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10 January 1982 |
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RK, Seremban 2 Status: Sniping, Stalking Viewed: ? |
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sniper69 is an infantry soldier who specializes in shooting from a concealed position over longer ranges than regular infantry, often with a specially designed or adapted sniper rifle. It requires skill in marksmanship, camouflage and field craft.
The term sniper is attested from 1824 in the sense of sharpshooter. The verb to snipe originated in the 1770s among soldiers in British India-in the sense of: to shoot from a hidden place, in allusion to snipe hunting, a game bird known for being extremely difficult to hunt. Those who were skilled at the hunting of this bird were thus dubbed "snipers".
During the American Civil War, the common term used in the United States for much the same function was "skirmisher". A Civil War army often protected itself by using such concealed marksmen, who were deployed individually on the extremes of the moving army. Generally, such skirmishers were selected on the basis of prior proven hunting and marksmanship skills. Often these were either young soldiers with promising maneuverability and field craft, or older men with refined marksmanship and tactical skills.[1] The term 'sniper' was not in widespread use in the United States until after the American Civil War.
In the last few decades, the term "sniper" has been used rather loosely, especially by media in association with police precision riflemen, those responsible for assassination, any shooting from all but the shortest range in war, and any criminal equipped with a rifle in a civil context.[2] In the Bosnian War, and for much of the Siege of Beirut, the term 'sniper' was used to refer to what were generally ill-trained soldiers who terrorized civilians, mainly by firing at them from windows and rooftops.[citation needed] During the Siege of Sarajevo, the main street of the city became known as "Sniper Alley".
This has rather expanded the meaning of the term. It has also given "sniper" mixed connotations. Official sources often use other terms, especially for police snipers: counter-sniper, precision marksman, tactical marksman, sharpshooter, or precision shooter. Some of these alternatives have been in common use for a long time; others are closer to undisguised euphemisms.
Maybank : 1550 1500 9948 - Ahmad Fahzan Aziz
CIMB : 1287 0000 2045 26 - Ahmad Fahzan Aziz |
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