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The WWI sniper who killed 100 Germans: How deadly sharpshooter led crack team - as medals go on sale
The exploits of a ruthless sniper who killed more than 100 Germans in the First World War can be revealed with the sale of his medals. Lieutenant Neville Methven led a crack sniper unit of 24 men who ...
His medals had resided in Lord Ashcroft's VC Gallery at the Imperial War Museum until its recent controversial closure. His family decided to sell it through London-based auctioneers Spink & Son.
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How key WW1 weapons reshaped combat then - and still influence combat now
That rate of fire, combined with good marksmanship, turned ordinary soldiers into surprisingly effective long-range killers. The idea that a well-drilled infantryman with a repeating rifle can shape a ...
An item Tony held in high regard was a USMC J Unertl 8-power sniper scope of a type issued to US Marine Corps snipers during World War II and the Korean War to mount on the legendary M1903A1 ...
Only two of the Navajo Code Talkers are still alive. The Route 66 motel where some of these World War II heroes were ...
Kitty O’Neil, the record breaking stuntwoman, had her own action figure made by Mattel as part of their TV’s Star Women set.
The Cost of War Project reports that 232 journalists have been killed in the Gaza war, that is 13 journalists killed per month, more than WW1, WW2, Vietnam Yugoslavia and Afghan wars combined. Medical ...
A US congresswoman on Thursday pledged to investigate allegations of “sniper tourists” who spent tens of thousands of dollars to gun down innocent civilians during the 1990s Bosnian War and determine ...
Irina Cesic celebrated her first birthday on October 8, 1993. Four days later, she was killed by a sniper’s bullet on the streets of the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo. "Since Irina had just learned to ...
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany — Roughly 15 seconds is all a team of two snipers from the Netherlands had to get their required shots on target before sprinting to another firing line on hilly Bavarian ranges.
The Sniper NTP integrates a multi-datalink, multi-processor Hybrid Base Station (HBS) with the existing Sniper ATP, turning it into an airborne communications and edge-computing node. Lockheed Martin ...
For decades there have been allegations that wealthy foreigners traveled into the Bosnian war, during the siege of Sarajevo, to shoot at besieged civilians for sport. That accusation is now the ...
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