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  Sniping Rifles in World War I

  While Germany and Austria-Hungary were well-equipped with sniping rifles in 1914, their Allied opponents were not. This highly illustrated volume tells the inside story of the rifles carried by snipers of all the major powers during World War I. Although military sharpshooting had existed since the 18th century, in 1914 only the German and Austro-Hungarian armies fielded trained snipers armed with scoped rifles. Thus upon the outbreak of World War I, the Allied armies found themselves on the receiving end of a shooting war to which they had no means of response. Only the Canadians brought a dedicated sniping rifle into the trenches, but in small numbers. For the British, although production of a suitable rifle and scope were settled on quickly, the establishment of sniper training was difficult and its success was mostly due to the efforts of a handful of dedicated officers. The French eventually introduced a competent scoped rifle and a sniper training system, as did the Italians. Entering the war in 1917, the Americans experienced rifle shortages but were able to build on their pre-1914 efforts to find a suitable sniping weapon. The country that suffered most grievously was Russia; Russian troops fielded no snipers at all and suffered accordingly. Featuring full-colour artwork, carefully chosen archive images and photographs of the sniping rifles and accessories used in the trenches, this is the inside story of the rifles carried by snipers of all the major powers during World War I.

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  When All Hell Breaks Loose: The Epic Adventures of Longshot Hanson , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 176min

  During the Civil War, young Leith Hanson quickly becomes known as the best shot in his unit. He is so accurate that he quickly earns the nickname "Longshot" and is selected for a special sharpshooter unit. After the war, Longshot just wants to put the war behind him and move on with his life, but friends from those bloody days need a man with his special skills to help them overcome terrible odds just to stay alive. Too many notches carved in my soul.Longshot is called upon to help a former brother-in-arms who is about to lose his farm and possibly his life and the lives of his family due to the greed of a powerful man with Napoleonic ambitions. War wounds.Some war wounds can’t be seen and never heal. Sometimes, even the invisible ones get infected, and the poison keeps growing until their victims believe there is only one thing left to do. A friend from the war requests help from his sharpshooting friend when it seems everyone turns against him.School of hostages.A letter from a woman who claims to be the wife of a man Longshot thought was killed in the war begs Leith to come save their town’s children, who are all being held hostage in their school by a ruthless man and his gang. Annie’s long shots.Newly widowed Annie Davenport fights for the life of her little boy and herself and to save her ranch. She faces a deadly drought, an evil man who threatens to steal her ranch if she doesn’t marry him, and horse thieves who steal the herd that might have saved her family and spread. She’s at the end of her rope. Leith Hanson has an idea that might help her to survive, but it means they’ll both have to risk it all in a long-shot struggle to survive.  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ferdie Luthy. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/137693/bk_acx0_137693_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Sharpshooting Rifles of the American Civil War

  Sharpshooting Rifles of the American Civil War - Colt Sharps Spencer and Whitworth: ab 13.99 €

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  • Price: 13.99 EUR excl. shipping

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