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Contents 1 A bit US-centric? 2 Individually? 3 Sharpshooter 4 SDM/DM not explained 5 Inconsistency 6 Olympic Shooters 7 WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Tag & Assess 2008

[edit] A bit US-centric?

Nothing at all about the Czarist Russian Sharpshooter battalions of the Imperial Guard? Oh well... Something for me to write up, I guess...TLein 10:48, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

WTF IS WITH WANNABES?

the English wiki is always Anglo-centric, and has an English language focus. Rds865 (talk) 06:11, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

"In the British Armed Forces, marksman is traditionally the highest shooting rating. Holders of the rating wear a crossed rifles badge on the lower sleeve." ...The crossed rifles badge is that of a sniper. Currently there is no other badge issued within the british army for a marksman, and certainly not one of crossed rifles. Candidate for deletion, unless someone can clarify with good sources. (Silverstar189 (talk) 00:21, 3 May 2008 (UTC))

[edit] Individually?

I corrected the bit about snipers acting alone. There may indeed be cases for this so I left it as "rarely" since a lone sniper is certainly the exception not the rule.

[edit] Sharpshooter

The term sharpshooter should be explained. The term comes from the Sharps rifle... Contralya (talk) 10:18, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] SDM/DM not explained

I just noticed that the first subsection uses the acronym SDM/DM without explanation. I believe this refers- one second- 74.132.62.250 (talk) 01:59, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, to the "squad designated marksman" / "designated marksman" referred to in the introduction. This acronym would be best noted in the intro with "(also known as SDM/DM)" at the end of the sentence in which those titles are introduced. However, it seems that I can't edit the intro. Anyone willing and able, please do so! 74.132.62.250 (talk) 02:02, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Inconsistency

the article says "marksman is an individual who is trained to shoot precisely with a certain type of rifle." now the phrase a "certain type of rifle" implies that a marksman is only uses rifle a a certain kind, that is not named. However the article mentions accuracy with pistols and has a picture of a bowmen. Rds865 (talk) 06:15, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Olympic Shooters

are the Olympic shooters considered marksmen? Rds865 (talk) 22:06, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Tag & Assess 2008

Article reassessed and graded as start class. --dashiellx (talk) 11:23, 3 June 2008 (UTC)