A German steelmaker became the latest stock to benefit from a surge in European defense spending this week after getting the ...

Soviet snipers like Zaytsev started to specifically target German officers and this tactic soon took a devastating toll on the German Army’s morale and command structure. Zaytsev had a number of ...

Why German snipers spared the life of British soldier who played bagpipes on D-Day beaches Bill Millin stepped off his landing craft on that fateful day wearing his dad's First World War kilt and ...

Hay followed up those achievements by making it through the United States Army Sniper School, becoming the first active-duty female Army sniper.

To identify the deadliest snipers of World War II, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed various historical and military sources, including Sniper Central, War History Online, and worldwar-two.net.

Simo Häyhä was one of the most famous soldiers to serve in World War II – a Finnish military sniper credited with more than 500 confirmed kills, earning him the nickname “The White Death ...

Then a 19-year-old replacement, Gundy was made his unit's sniper after scoring the highest in his basic training rifle qualification. He arrived in Belgium in 1944, just before the German Army ...

Enlisting after Pearl Harbor, S/Sgt. Edmund Nelson saw action in several war zones before succumbing to a sniper's bullet ...

These five snipers collectively took out almost 3,000 enemy personnel. But not all were duly recognized by their homeland.

Snipers in the Trenches While sharpshooters had become a crucial part of the military in the nineteenth century, the sniper truly joined the ranks during the First World War.

Throughout World War II the Germans used and developed several variations of sniper optics and rifles that evolved throughout the course of the war.