The American sniper could be regarded as the greatest all-around rifleman the world has ever known." At the start of the war in vietnam, the United States had no snipers; by the end of the war, marine and army precision ...The American sniper could be regarded as the greatest all-around rifleman the world has ever known." At the start of the war in vietnam, the United States had no snipers; by the end of the war, marine and army precision marksmen had killed more than 10,000 nva and vc soldiers--the equivalent of an entire division--at the cost of under 20,000 bullets, proving that long-range shooters still had a place in the battlefield.