Long-Range War: Sniping in Vietnam
by Peter R. Senich
List Price:
Our Price: $29.50
You Save: $15.50 (34%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $23.28 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Peter R. SenichEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-07-01
ISBN: 1581606095
Number of pages: 268
Publisher: Paladin Press
Book Reviews of Long-Range War: Sniping in Vietnam
Book Review: Well-Researched Technical Work
Summary: 5 Stars
Adherents of sniping and those collecting sniping rifles, equipment, and memorabilia will like The Long Range War. It is a well-researched technical and historical work. Senich is also the author of seven other books on sniping and weapons including: The German Sniper 1914-1945, US Marine Corps Scout-Sniper: World War II and Korea, and two other books on US military sniping (all published by Paladin Press).
Senich documents the wide use of sniping tactics and new technologies, including the fielding of a wide range of experimental equipment, that was, until then, unprecedented in the US Army and USMC. The paddies and jungles of Vietnam became a laboratory for such erstwhile innovators as James M. Leatherwood, Gordon Ingram, and Mitchell WerBell III.
Senich begins his history of sniping in Vietnam with the lack of adequate equipment in the early days and the fielding of supplemental and expedient sniping systems. Advisory teams and other special units often adopted a "whatever it takes" attitude towards the use of civilian equipment. He painstakingly covers the history and circumstances of the XM21 sniping rifle and the Adjustable Ranging Telescope (ART) development, as well as the sound suppressors and their subsequent combat application in Vietnam. The book progresses to the rapid development undertaken after the 1965-1966 period when most sniping was done by troops with field expedient systems operating on their own agendas to the end of the war.
The Long Range War is the most definitive work yet published on the subject. Photos are numerous, averaging about two per page, and the book includes seven full-page illustrations by military artist Max Crace. Chapters address such topics as the development of the XM-21; auto-ranging telescopes and the Leatherwood Principle; noise suppression; night vision; and sniper instruction. There are plenty of blueprints, developmental drawings, tables of technical data, equipment photos, and copies of correspondence and official documents. Anyone who has an avid interest in sniping has probably already added this outstanding book to their military book collection.
Rob Krott is the author of SAVE THE LAST BULLET FOR YOURSELF: A Soldier of Fortune in the Balkans and Somalia
Summary of Long-Range War: Sniping in Vietnam
The Vietnam War marked the first time that the U.S. military brought together trained snipers, custom rifles, telescopic sights, special ammunition and sound suppressors, and employed them successfully in combat. This work focuses on a small but significant aspect of modern military history: the army sniper program, the fielding of the XM21 sniper rifle and the Adjustable Ranging Telescope, and the combat application of sound suppression devices for rifles and special carbines.Vietnam Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in Vietnam Books
The Sacred Willow: Four Generations in the Life of a Vietnamese Familyby Duong Van Mai Elliott
Oxford University Press, USA; Published: 1999-04-08; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $13.89
Price in other shops:
The Facts of Life: Science and the Abortion Controversyby Harold J. Morowitz, James Trefil
Oxford University Press, USA; Published: 1994-08-04; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.83
Price in other shops:
Seven Firefights in Vietnamby John A. Cash
Dept. of the Army; Published: 1998-05-18; Paperback; Book
Best price: $39.00
American Power and the New Mandarins (Pelican)by Noam Chomsky
Penguin USA (P); Published: 1969-10-25; Paperback; Book
Price in other shops:
Guns Up!by Johnnie Clark
Presidio Press; Published: 2002-01-02; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.14
Price in other shops:
The Unwanted: A Memoirby Kien Nguyen, Klen Nguyen
Back Bay Books; Published: 2001-03; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $7.99
Price in other shops:
Buddha's Child: My Fight to Save Vietnamby Nguyen Cao Ky
St. Martin's Griffin; Published: 2003-07-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.98
Price in other shops:
Stealth Patrol: The Making of a Vietnam Ranger, 1968-70by Bill Shanahan, John P. Brackin
Da Capo Press; Published: 2003-10-20; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $26.00
Chickenhawkby Robert Mason
Penguin (Non-Classics); Published: 2005-03-29; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.65
Price in other shops:
100 Missions North/ a Fighter Pilot's Story of the Vietnam Warby Kenneth H. Bell
Brassey's Inc; Published: 1993-04; Hardcover; Book
Price in other shops:
Similar Books and other products
The Wind Book For Rifle Shootersby Linda K. Miller, Captain Keith Cunningham
Paladin Press; Published: 2007-01-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $16.38
Price in other shops:
Sniper: American Single-Shot Warriors in Iraq and Afghanistanby Matt Larsen, Gina Cavallaro
Lyons Press; Published: 2010-09-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.41
Price in other shops:
Sniper Elite: The World of a Top Special Forces Marksmanby Rob Maylor, Robert Macklin
St. Martin's Press; Published: 2011-12-06; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $13.44
Price in other shops:
Sniper Rifles: From the 19th to the 21st Century (Weapon)by Martin Pegler
Osprey Publishing; Published: 2010-11-23; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.79
Price in other shops:
Dead Center: A Marine Sniper's Two-Year Odyssey in the Vietnam Warby Ed Kugler
Ballantine Books; Published: 1999-05-29; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.26
Price in other shops:
U.S. Marine Corps Scout/ sniper: World War II And Koreaby Peter R. Senich
Paladin Press; Published: 1993-03-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $16.24
Price in other shops:
Complete Book Of U.S. Snipingby Peter R. Senich
Paladin Press; Published: 2007-07-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $24.95
Price in other shops:
Dear Momby Joseph T. Ward
Ballantine Books; Published: 1991-08-31; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.24
Price in other shops:
Marine Sniper: 93 Confirmed Killsby Charles Henderson
Berkley Trade; Published: 2001-10-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.85
Price in other shops:
The One-Round War: USMC Scout-Snipers In Vietnamby Peter R. Senich
Paladin Press; Published: 1996-01-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $37.46
Price in other shops: