Weaponology: Sniper Rifles Examine how centuries of technological innovation have resulted in the creation of rifles that can kill from 2000 yards. The history of bullets, guns, sights, mechanisms, camouflage and tactics are all unravelled as Weaponology gets locked and loaded.
Top Sniper - The sniper has become increasingly important in modern combat. Each year the Sniper School at Ft. Benning, Georgia holds a competition designed to bring the world's elite sniper teams together and give them the most realistic training available. From intense urban firefights with grenades and machine gun fire, to night helicopter insertions, the line between competition and combat begins to blur.
Top Sniper 2 - Modern conflicts have routinely pressed snipers into service in urban environments. These concrete jungles represent unique challenges for snipers and demand diverse training to be successful. Today's sniper has capabilities that far exceed those of previous generations.
Ultimate Weapons: Sniper Rifles Maximum reach makes the Sniper Rifle an Ultimate Weapon. With the accuracy and stopping power to take out small targets a mile away, the military sniper can put demands on the weapon that will achieve amazing results.
Beltway Sniper - An elusive and deadly serial sniper terrorizes the nations capital and its suburbs while an elite team of forensic experts race the clock to uncover his identity.
Anatomy of a Takedown: The Washington Sniper - Terror grips the city and suburbs of Washington DC. A killer is on the loose and as casualties rise, the police deploy laser beams and sniffer dogs, rebuild bullets from fragments, and scan federal databases. Three gruelling weeks later lead investigator Barney Forsythe realizes it's not one but two snipers, and their identities are a shock.
Modern Sniper - Infinitely adaptable and frighteningly lethal, the modern sniper faces challenges and missions that their predecessors could never have imagined. Snipers have grown from a one-man team with a single objective to a six-man element capable of taking on increasingly complex missions. Modern Sniper looks at how the role of snipers, their tactics and technology are changing to effectively combat everything from insurgents to smugglers and tribal warlords. Few weapons on the battle field are as effective as the modern sniper, an elite marksman used by all defence forces from the Army to the Marines, Coastguard and Navy.