"Nope. Sandbagged M2 "Ma duece" .50 cal. machine gun with a 8X Unertl scope fired single shot. The first shot hit the kid's bicycle front wheel hub and the second hit him in the chest."
Hatcock shot the kids wheel hub to warn him off, but he got back up and picked up one of the AK-47's he was carrying. Then he shot him with the 1967 .50 cal., not the 50 cal. that the Canadian sniper used that was probably in better shape overall. The best sniper still stands as Carlos Hatcock. 93 confirmed kills Two seperate tours in Vietnam with 93 confirmed kills. " There have been many Marksmen. But there has been only one sniper. " USA all the way!
The best sniper still stands as Carlos Hatcock. 93 confirmed kills Snipers did not keep score to be the best and I doubt if any would claim to be the best. Hatlcock ,in his Viet Nam element, may have been the best there but he, compared to say Francis Pegahmagabow ,an Native from Ontario with 378 or Henry Norwest from Saskatchewan with 115 ,was no better than they in theirs. Theirs being mud and shell holes of WW1 with a good chance of being shot at in return. Other than WW2 what is known about Lyudmila Pavlichenko and her 309 kills? She ,in her own environment, may well have been the best.
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