US Army Sniper Training Manual

US Army Sniper Training Manual

This field manual provides information needed to train and equip snipers<br />and to aid them in their missions and operations. It is intended for use<br />by commanders, staffs, trainers, snipers, and soldiers at training posts,<br />Army schools, and units.<br /><br />This manual is organized as a reference for snipers and leads the trainer<br />through the material needed to conduct sniper training. Subjects include<br />equipment, weapon capabilities, fundamentals of marksmanship and<br />ballistics, field skills, mission planning, and skill sustainment.<br />The left-handed firer can become a sniper, but all material in this book<br />is referenced to the right-handed firer.<br />The sniper has special abilities, training and equipment. His job is<br />to deliver discriminatory highly accurate rifle fire against enemy<br />targets, which cannot be engaged successfully by the rifleman<br />because of range, size, location, fleeting nature, or visibility.<br />Sniping requires the development of basic infantry skills to a high<br />degree of perfection. A sniper's training incorporates a wide variety<br />of subjects designed to increase his value as a force multiplier and<br />to ensure his survival on the battlefield. The art of sniping requires<br />learning and repetitiously practicing these skills until mastered.<br />A sniper must be highly trained in long-range rifle marksmanship<br />and field craft skills to ensure maximum effective engagements with<br />minimum risk.