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 THE ONE ROUND WAR: USMC Scout Snipers in Vietnam
Peter R. Senich (384 pages) PP
Price
$64.95 HB
When the first Marine marksman brought down
an unsuspecting enemy soldier with his telescopic sighted rifle in 1965, it was the
beginning of the end: the virtual impunity with which the Communist forces had so far
operated in Southeast Asia would soon be a thing of the past. The U.S. Marine Corps Third
Marine Division established the first sniper program in Vietnam, the Army followed with
its own version and their combined effort proved to be among the most successful
operations of the Vietnam War. This book focuses specifically on the Marine Corps program,
the circumstances behind the training and employment of snipers, the equipment sent to
Vietnam for sniper use, the transition from the Vietnam era M700 sniping rifle to the
contemporary M40A1 and the extreme effectiveness with which Marine Scout Snipers countered
the tactics of the guerrilla forces he faced.
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