A sniper demonstrates his camouflage (note: German Waffen-SS Camo Pattern: named unofficially "Early Plane Tree") at a sniper school in a French village, July 27, 1944.
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A sniper applying camouflage face cream at a sniper school in a Normandy village, July 27 1944.
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A 6th Airborne Division sniper on patrol in the Ardennes, wearing a snow camouflage suit, January 14 1945.
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A British sniper aiming through the telescopic sights of his rifle on the range at a sniper training school in France, July 27, 1944.
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A British sniper, Private Sutcliffe, at a window of a house in Caen watching for enemy snipers through telescopic sights.
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A camouflage suit for a sniper of the British Army.
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A sniper from C Company, 5th Battalion, The Black Watch , 51st (Highland) Division, in a ruined building in Gennep, Holland, February 14 1945.
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A sniper from C Company, 5th Battalion, The Black Watch, 51st (Highland) Division, in the loft space of a ruined building in Gennep, Holland, February 14 1945.
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A sniper from the Seaforth Highlanders aiming from behind a carrier as 15th (Scottish) Division troops deal with German resistance in Uelzen, April 16 1945.
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Canadian Sniper, Pte. L. V. Hughe.
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Lance Corporal A P Proctor, a sniper with 56th Division, cleaning his rifle, November 24, 1943.
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Sergeant sergeant H.A. Marshall of the Calgary Highlanders Sniping Platoon. Kapellen, Belgium.
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Snipers at a sniper school in a French village, July 27, 1944.
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