Sniper (disambiguation)
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A sniper is a military or police member who has received specialized training in engaging targets at long ranges using rifles equipped with telescopic sights.
Sniper may also refer to:
People
- Luc Poirier (ring name "Sniper", born 1961), Canadian professional wrestler
- MC Sniper (born 1979), South Korean male rapper
- Adam "Armada" Lindgren (born 1985), known as the Swedish Sniper, Swedish Super Smash Bros. Melee player
Art, entertainment, and media
Film
- American Sniper (film), a 2014 film directed by Clint Eastwood
- Sniper (1975 film), starring Kurt Russell, also known as The Deadly Tower
- Sniper (1993 film), starring Tom Berenger and Billy Zane
- Sniper 2, a 2003 film starring Tom Berenger
- Sniper 3, a 2004 film starring Tom Berenger
- Sniper: Reloaded, a 2011 film starring Chad Michael Collins and Billy Zane
- Sniper: Legacy, a 2014 film starring Tom Berenger and Chad Michael Collins
- Sniper: Ghost Shooter, a 2016 film starring Chad Michael Collins and Billy Zane
- The Sniper (1952 film), by Edward Dmytryk
- The Sniper (2009 film), a Hong Kong action thriller film
Fictional entities
- Sniper (NX Files), a fictional character in NX Files
- Sniper, one of the nine classes in Team Fortress 2.
Games
Developers and studios
- Sniper Studios, an American game studio
Games
- Sniper (1997), original title of SubSpace (video game)
- Sniper! (board game), a 1973 board game designed by James Dunnigan for TSR
- Sniper! (video game), a computer game adaptation of the board game
- Sniper! Second Edition: Game of Man-to-Man Combat, 1941-90 (1986), a board game developed by Steve Winter for TSR using the Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI) brand name, which was really a reorganization of both TSR's Sniper! and the SPI's board game Patrol that differed greatly from the original version
- Hetzer ("Sniper! Companion Game #1: Game of Man-to-Man Combat in Europe, 1940-45") (1987), a standalone board game designed by Steve Winter, focusing on World War II combat
- Special Forces ("Sniper! Companion Game #2") (1988), a standalone game designed by Rick Swan for TSR and sold in a magazine-type format with a hard cover, focusing on post-1945 combat
- Bug Hunter ("Sniper! Companion Game #3") (1988), a futuristic, science fiction-themed, standalone version of Sniper, designed by Steve Winter for TSR and sold in a magazine-type format with a hard cover, focusing on combat between embattled, space-faring humans threatened by hostile alien monsters
- Sniper Elite (2005) also known as Sniper Elite: Berlin 1945, a tactical shooter developed by Rebellion Development
- Sniper Elite V2 (2012), a sequel/remake of Sniper Elite (2005)
- Sniper Elite III (2014), a sequel in the Sniper Elite series
- Sniper: Ghost Warrior (2010), a first-person shooter developed by City Interactive
- Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 (2013), a sequel to Sniper: Ghost Warrier (2010)
- Sniper Team 2 is a free online game at the website Addicting Games
- Snipergames88.com, a series of online games featuring the titles:
- 3d Sniper
- Hot Shot Sniper
- Mort The Sniper
- Sniper Mario
- Sniper Assassin
- Sniper Assassin 3
- Sniper Freedom
- Sniper on High
- Sniper Operation
- Sniper3
- Sniperscope
- The Sniper
Literature
- The Sniper (novel), 1974 thriller by Nelson DeMille, re-published in 1989 with the Joe Ryker series, with the author as Jack Cannon
- "The Sniper" (poem) (1917), by W.D. Cocker
- "The Sniper" (story)(January 12, 1923), by Liam O'Flaherty
Music
Groups and labels
- Sniper, an American glam punk band
- Sniper, a French musical act made up of Tunisiano, Aketo and Blacko
- Sniper Records, a Bulgarian hip hop label
Songs
- "Sniper", a song by Harry Chapin
Television
- "The Sniper" (M*A*S*H), an episode of the television show
Technology
- AT-11 Sniper or 9M119 Svir, a Soviet anti-tank missile
- Beretta Sniper, a bolt-action sporting rifle
- Lockheed Martin Sniper XR, targeting pod for fighter aircraft
See also
- Auction sniping, the act of placing a winning bid at the last possible moment
- All pages beginning with "Sniper"
- Snipes (disambiguation)
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