Michael Lee Lanning
INSIDE THE CROSSHAIRS
Snipers in Vietnam
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CHAPTER 1
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All in a Day’s Work: The Single Well-Aimed Shot
CHAPTER 2
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The First Marksmen: From Stones to Gunpowder
CHAPTER 3
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Marksmanship in the New World
CHAPTER 4
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Snipers Come of Age: The World Wars and Beyond
CHAPTER 5
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The Battles of Peace: Snipers Between Wars
CHAPTER 6
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Snipers in Vietnam: U.S. Marine Corps
CHAPTER 7
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Snipers in Vietnam: U.S. Army
CHAPTER 8
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Snipers in Vietnam: Other U.S. and Allies
CHAPTER 9
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The Men Behind the Crosshairs
CHAPTER 10
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Tools of the Trade: Arms and Equipment
CHAPTER 11
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Training and Organization
CHAPTER 12
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One Shot, One Kill: Operations
CHAPTER 13
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The Other Side: VC/NVA Snipers
CHAPTER 14
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The Assessment
CHAPTER 15
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Vietnam Sniper Legacy
Photographs
APPENDIX A
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Sniper Rifle Systems Used in Vietnam (And More Recent Models Influenced by the War)
APPENDIX B
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Syllabus, Sniper Training (From USMC FMFM 1–3B, “Sniping,” dated August 5, 1969)
APPENDIX C
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3rd Marine Division Scout-Sniper Refresher Training Schedule (Division Order 1510.5 dated September 3, 1968)
APPENDIX D
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3rd Marine Division Order 3590.3B (June 9, 1968), Scout-Sniper Platoons[70]
APPENDIX E
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Sniper Training and Employment in the 9th Infantry Division[72]
APPENDIX F
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MACV Order of Battle Study ST 67-029 (January 6, 1967), VC/NVA Employment of Snipers[73]
APPENDIX G
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Annotated Bibliography
Other Books by Michael Lee Lanning
About the Author
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