
WHERE WE SCORE: A CANADIAN SNIPER IN THE OPEN USING A RIFLE WITH A TELESCOPE – SIGHT.
Many notable marksman are serving in the ranks of the Canadian forces at the front, and the enemy, it is on record, has had experience of their deadly accuracy of aim. In the above illustration one is seen lying out in the open on the outskirts of a destroyed village, and near a winding communication trench, out of which the sharpshooter has crept to his firing-point. The sniper, it will be observed, is using a special type of rifle, fitted with a sighting-telescope above the barrel, by means which it is practically impossible for the enemy aimed at to escape the sniping bullet. As a war-correspondent remarked in a recent letter, the German snipers are quite outmatched by those on our side. The Canadians are among the the straightest shots of all. – [Press Bureau Photograph; Supplied by L.N.A.]
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