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The crosshair is the most rudimentary reticle, represented as a pair of smooth, perpendicularly intersecting lines in the shape of a "+", and the crosshair center is used for aiming the weapon. The crosshair lines geometrically resemble the X- and Y-axis of the Cartesian coordinate system , which the shooter can use as a simple reference for ...
Reticle of Bell & Howell Pocket Comparator Reticle accessory (PD-8) used in sniper rifles A reticle , or reticule [ 1 ] [ 2 ] also known as a graticule , is a pattern of fine lines or markings built into the eyepiece of an optical device such as a telescopic sight , spotting scope , theodolite , optical microscope or the screen of an ...
Carlos Norman Hathcock II (May 20, 1942 – February 22, 1999) was a United States Marine Corps (USMC) sniper with a service record of 93 confirmed kills. Hathcock's record and the extraordinary details of the missions he undertook made him a legend in the U.S. Marine Corps.
A sniper is a military or paramilitary marksman who engages targets from positions of concealment or at distances exceeding the target's detection capabilities. [1]
Zaitsev, left, in Stalingrad, December 1942 Zaitsev's sniper rifle, a 7.62×54mmR Mosin Model 1891/30 sniper rifle with a PU 3.5× sniper scope on display at the Volgograd's Stalingrad Panorama Museum. Zaitsev was serving in the Soviet Navy as a clerk in Vladivostok when Germany invaded the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa. Like many of his ...
A YPG sniper known as 'Musa' with allegedly more than 120 confirmed kills, mainly during the fighting for Kobani during the Syrian Civil War. [29] Rojava PJAK PKK: Matthäus Hetzenauer: 1924–2004 1943–1945 An Austrian sniper on the Eastern Front during World War II who was credited with 345 kills between 1943 and 1945. [30] 345 Nazi Germany
The Heckler & Koch PSG1 (Präzisionsschützengewehr, German for "precision marksman rifle") is a semi-automatic sniper rifle designed and produced by the German company Heckler & Koch. Development [ edit ]
"Crosshair", a song by the Danish band Blue Foundation. Cross Hair , fictional G.I. Joe character. Crosshairs (Transformers), several robot superhero characters in the Transformers robot superhero franchise. Crosshair (Star Wars), a deformed clone trooper and former member of The Bad Batch in the Star Wars franchise.