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During the [[Second Battle of Fallujah]], as US Marines fought running battles in the streets with several thousand insurgents, Kyle killed 40 people. |
During the [[Second Battle of Fallujah]], as US Marines fought running battles in the streets with several thousand insurgents, Kyle killed 40 people. |
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For his deadly track record as a marksman during his deployment to [[Ramadi]], the insurgents named him ''Al-Shaitan Ramad'' ([[English language|English]] ''The Devil of Rahmadi'') and put a $20,000 bounty on his head. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 23:40, 3 January 2012
Chris Kyle is a retired United States Navy SEAL, who with 255 kills, 160 of them officially confirmed by the Pentagon, is the deadliest marksman in United States military history.
Iraq war
During the Second Battle of Fallujah, as US Marines fought running battles in the streets with several thousand insurgents, Kyle killed 40 people.
For his deadly track record as a marksman during his deployment to Ramadi, the insurgents named him Al-Shaitan Ramad (English The Devil of Rahmadi) and put a $20,000 bounty on his head.
See also
- Simo Häyhä, holds the record with 542 Soviet soldiers shot during the Russian invasion of Finland in World War II
- Jack Coughlin, retired Marine sniper with over 60 confirmed kills whose service includes Iraq and Somalia
- Carlos Hathcock, killed 93 people as a long-range sniper in the Vietnam war, subject of the book One Shot, One Kill
- Chuck Mawhinney, previously held the highest number of confirmed kills (103) for any USMC sniper
- Adelbert Waldron, holds the record for the most confirmed kills in U.S. military history, with 109 kills in Vietnam
- List of historically important U.S. Marines
- Longest recorded sniper kills