Sniper (disambiguation)

A sniper is a military or police member or civilian who shoot targets, humans or animals at long ranges using rifles equipped with telescopic sights.

Sniper or the sniper may also refer to:

People

Adam Lindgren (born 1985), known as the Swedish Sniper, a Super Smash Bros. Melee player
Luc Poirier (ring name "Sniper", born 1961), Canadian professional wrestler
MC Sniper (born 1979), South Korean male rapper

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

Sniper (comics), a fictional Marvel Comics character
Sniper (NX Files), a fictional character in NX Files
Sniper (Team Fortress 2), one of the nine playable classes in the video game

Films and television

Films

Sniper (1931 film), a 1931 Soviet drama film
The Deadly Tower, a 1975 film), starring Kurt Russell, also known as Sniper
Sniper (film series), a series of action and war films
- Sniper (1993 film), the first film in the series, starring Tom Berenger and Billy Zane
The Sniper (1952 film), by Edward Dmytryk
The Sniper (2009 film), a Hong Kong action thriller film
Sniper Special Ops, a 2016 American war film
Sniper (2022 film), a Chinese war film
Sniper: The White Raven, a 2022 Ukrainian film

Television

"The Sniper" (M*A*S*H), a 1973 episode
Snipers: Love under the Crosshairs, a 2012 Russian miniseries
"Sniper" (Year of the Rabbit), a 2019 British comedy episode

Games

Sniper Studios, an American game studio
Sniper (1997), original title of SubSpace
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: Ghost Warrior, a first-person shooter series developed by City Interactive
Sniper Fury (2015) is an online single player video game developed and published by Gameloft

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 (American band), an American glam punk band
Sniper (group), a French musical act made up of Tunisiano, Aketo and Blacko

Songs

"Sniper" (song), a 1972 song by Harry Chapin

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

Other

Auction sniping, the act of placing a winning bid at the last possible moment