Snipers have for a long time been recognized as operators with the most focused roles within the military. They possess very special skill sets, a slightly rogue and independent focus when it comes to finding, classifying and destroying their enemy from highly camouflaged positions. The stories of Snipers has in many cases become legendary whether it was due to the distance the Sniper fired their weapon from hitting their target or it might have been the distance they crawled in order to gain an advantage on the target’s position. It is said that Snipers define the battlefield and for the soldiers that wander into Sniper held positions their fates are often met with the precision of a Sniper fired rifle.
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Over the years Snipers have been associated with a variety of slogans as well. Some from within their own ranks and many from the soldiers they supported and fought along with. The list of Sniper slogans below are several of the ones we have found connected with American Snipers.
“671 grains of diplomacy”
“Man or woman, young or old, my sights are steady, and my trigger cold. Walk or run, laugh or cry you’re in my A.O., now you die!”
“Invisible soles leave .308 holes”
“The quickest way to change a person’s mind on a subject is a 138gr boat tail”
“If you don’t have time to do it right, will you have time to do it again?”
“2 lines you should never cross….horizontal and vertical”
“Time spent in recon is seldom wasted”
“The only thing I feel when I kill is the recoil from my rifle”
“One man can change the world with a bullet in the right place”
“Bolt actions speak louder than words”
“One man’s fate comes from another man’s wait”
“Sniping is poetry in slow motion, up until you pull the trigger”
“A sniper is the worst romancer, they never make the first move”
“God is not on the side of battalions, but on the side that shoots best”
“My mission is before me, the enemy is around me, my mission is death, and my mission is met”
“My only trace is a body where a man once stood”
The importance of the role of a US Sniper goes without saying. Their targets typically VIP’s like foreign political figures, high ranking enemy generals or combatants or in some cases the average soldier the goal being to reduce fighting capability and bring morale of an enemy to an all-time low and reduce their capability to fight on.
Snipers jobs are among the most difficult in any military. To go out into foreign territory with a spotter, no support, little or no ability to receive supply, medical needs, transportation back and often the focus of other Snipers trying to kill them their job can easily be described as the most difficult. Out of respect for these men a Sniper coin from Vision-Strike-Coins.Com was created in their honor.
