1917 US Army Manual on Sniping

[Jim Tarleton]

I found, by chance, a copy of a military book (33 pages) from the War College for US Army officers on how to set up and use their snipers aggressively in trench warfare. Odd thing is, it was published the month WWI was declared. It is very evident that the US Amy knew that sniping would be a very integral part of their actions in Europe long before our troops arrived in France.

The two pictures attached were illustrations in the book. One appears to be of British snipers and the other appears to be a Sengalese sniper using a sniperscope. Does anyone recognize the rifle and scope the British sniper is using?

Ignore the first picture, I uploaded it by mistake and can't get rid of it now.

Jim

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