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Sniping Article
Yes it is a review of an old title and yes it is the Daily Mail but there's some really nice hi-res images here.
WW1 sharpshooters used primitive kit to shoot enemy | Daily Mail Online
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03-23-2017 06:06 AM
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A friend sent me this last night...there's some very nice stuff in there. #4 pic with a Ross set up for sniping, #7 another cut back Ross, #16 had two Aussies with hook quillion bayonets fixed, #19 had Marines with Kerr slings on M1903 rifles...just a bit of the stuff I like. The crossbelts on Lovatt's Scouts, how much are those each worth today?
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Sniping came of age during the First World War, having been an unrecognised skill since the Napoleonic Wars – and modern
British
sniper training is still based on the curriculum that was devised during the Great War.
Wasn't unrecognized by Sir John Moore or the KRRC/60th Rifles, and from the quote of Marshal Soult recorded by Capt. Shore, it was well recognized by the French at the time too. Hiram Berdan whose photo is right there had a few things to say about it too.
The first true snipers emerged during the American Civil War.
That would be correct if she refers to the one that began in 1775.
"Billysingshot"
Perhaps she meant to say "Slingshot"? Gin slings for lunch? How a modern journo could miss the chance to tell us of Billy Sing's half Chinese parentage I do not know.
"commercial Ross rifle" my bloody foot!
"California Joeí", "the roo that shot back"!? 
"observation section of the Lovat Scouts"? Though here they are camouflaging themselves as as a Signals Section.
She might have asked Mr. Pegler to proof the article for her. And with all due respect to Mr. Pegler, I'm not sure how he can claim copyright on all those photos that have long been in the public domain.
The Daily Brail, where the blind lead the blind in search of the ditch.
Last edited by Surpmil; 03-24-2017 at 11:35 AM.
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I know Martin and Katie Pegler well and the first they knew of the article was when a friend emailed them the link to it.
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Thank you, so no doubt probably the paper just copied the photos from Mr. Pegler's books and ascribed the copyright to him.
What else would we expect from a celebrity T&A rag?
“There are invisible rulers who control the destinies of millions. It is not generally realized to what extent the words and actions of our most influential public men are dictated by shrewd persons operating behind the scenes.”
Edward Bernays, 1928
Much changes, much remains the same.
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The photo of the captured turkish sniper is a staged photo
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Originally Posted by
BushyFromOz
the captured turkish sniper is a staged photo
There's no doubt...they hardly move with rifles at the slope around Gallipoli...nice hookies though.
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