Sniper (disambiguation)

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 2002 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
• 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 WWII 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 with titles beginning with Sniper
• Snipes (disambiguation)