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17	->''"Nothing personal, mate. I'm just better."''
18	-->-- '''The Sniper''', ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', after winning a duel like this
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20	{{Duel\|ingTropes}}s in fiction are thrilling because of the natural tension that is created when two badasses face down each other at short range, with deadly weapons, intent to kill, and [[AudienceSurrogate nervous bystanders watching with fear and anticipation]]. Anything can happen... and then it does, exploding into action, and then they end with a very final conclusion.
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22	A Sniper Duel takes the tension in this trope and plays it up. Instead of facing off at close range with small handguns, the duelists may be hundreds of yards or even over a mile apart wielding [[SniperRifle high-power rifles]]. Both may be masters of camouflage and/or deception. Sniper duels in fiction can last days or weeks, as each tries to draw the other into a vulnerable position but conceal their own, and often [[SingleStrokeBattle end with a single shot]]. If TheSquad is caught out in the open by an enemy sniper, often their only chance of salvation is a sniper from their team, who will be the only member with the ability to save the day. Note that this is partially [[TruthInTelevision truth in television]], because, as it turns out, the best way to counter a hostile sniper is often times a friendly one, though both sides would probably field more than just a single sniper if they could, so in reality it's more likely to be a sniper team deathmatch instead.
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24	Sniper duels are common in war movies where they add a personal touch to the often impersonal combat between [[PunchClockVillain people who've never met before and are just fighting for their countries:]] snipers get a close up view of their targets before killing them, and this fact often [[ItsPersonal makes it personal]] for the teammates of the person who just got shot by an unseen assailant.
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26	Sometimes the duel is used to highlight the differences between two factions (possibly a hero and a villain), where one is a ColdSniper and the other is a FriendlySniper. The characters often possess ImprobableAimingSkills and the fight may end with a [[BoomHeadshot headshot]] and for truly badass characters, a ScopeSnipe. {{Combat Pragmatist}}s who lack either the skill, equipment or patience to engage in a Sniper Duel may instead [[AvertedTrope avert it]] by calling in an [[DeathFromAbove airstrike]] or [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill artillery strike.]] A SniperScopeGlint from either combatant's rifles can give them away and often results in one of the snipers getting killed.
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34	* Subverted in the fourth episode of ''Manga/DesertPunk'': Kanta is attacked by an enemy sniper and is eager to put to use the sniper rifle he'd spent a large amount of his previous missions earnings on. Said rifle is rendered inoperable by enemy fire the instant he takes aim, forcing him make due with his shotgun for the rest of the battle.
35	* In ''Manga/FireForce'' Takehisa Hinawa of Fire Force Company 8 has a tense ranged duel with the White Clad Archer in an abandoned subway.
36	* ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'':
37	** This happens during a {{flashback}} to Saito's backstory. The snipers' aims are enhanced by ''satellite calibration''. [[spoiler:He lost to the Major, which is how he lost his eye and hand. [[DefeatMeansFriendship It's also how he started working for the Major]].]]
38	** Saito has another sniper duel with a Southeast Asian mercenary named Raj Puhto in ''[[Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplexSolidStateSociety Solid State Society]]''.
39	* In ''Manga/GoldenKamuy'', Ogata was engaged in a sniper duel. It mostly conformed to the trope, as it was primarily a battle of wits and source for tension.
40	* ''Manga/Golgo13'' has been in a few of these, which he often wins, being one of the most skilled and prolific sniper assassins in fiction.
41	* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' features a variation on this in [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Part 4]]. On one side is Jotaro and Josuke standing out in the open, with two Stands capable of launching bullets at lethal velocities with their fingers. Their deadly opponent threatening to melt them into blobs of flesh on the other side? [[ItMakesSenseInContext A small rat]], which also happens to be a Stand user whose Stand can shoot flesh-melting darts from afar. The conflict plays out much like a sniper duel anyway, due to the former trying to suss out the location of the latter, who has to avoid giving itself away.
42	* In ''Literature/RebuildWorld'', during an early stage of TheSiege of Akira's HomeBase in the slums, he surveys the surrounding territory from the rooftop. He notices several hostile agents surveying at the same time, giving him fearful or hateful reactions, until some start shooting at him at the edge of his rifle's effective range. He dodges one of the bullets and starts blowing off the heads of the scouts and opportunists. In the middle of this, Togami (who's visiting his gang) calls out to him for something, and Akira lightly replies that he's testing out his new equipment, which makes Togami think he now realizes why so many people want Akira dead.
43	* In ''Manga/ShiroiMajo'', the titular [[GenderFlip White Witch]] UsefulNotes/SimoHayha had a duel with the [[EvilCounterpart Red Witch]] sent by the Russians in the last volume.
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47	* Subverted early in ''ComicBook/GIJoeARealAmericanHeroIDW''. Cobra has sent a sniper team to kill Stalker, who's already out in the field. When both he and the Cobra sniper take out each other's spotter, it seems ripe for this. Instead the Cobra trooper sneaks around and tries to confront him at close range.
48	* In the ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' story arc ''The ComicBook/SinestroCorpsWar'' Green Lantern John Steward engages in a sniper duel with Sinestro Corps member Bedovian. What makes this different from other examples is that they're both using sniper rifles made with their respective power rings, and they're sniping at each other from ''three entire space sectors'' away.
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52	* In ''Film/AmericanSniper'', Chris Kyle and his ArchEnemy Mustafa try to kill each other by sniping throughout the film and have a climactic long-range duel at the end. Mustafa is not only shooting American soldiers, he's after Kyle for the $180K bounty on his head, while Kyle is after Mustafa for shooting two of his fellow [[UsefulNotes/NavySEALS SEALs]].
53	* ''Film/EnemyAtTheGates'' is all about a duel in [[UrbanWarfare the ruins]] of [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Stalingrad]] between an [[AristocratsAreEvil aristocratic]], [[ColdSniper merciless]] German sniper and a [[FriendlySniper drafted Russian soldier]] who learned shooting hunting with his grandfather as a child.
54	* ''Film/TheFellowshipOfTheRing'': While taking the stairs to the Bridge of Khazad-Dum, the Fellowship starts taking fire from goblin archers in the galleries on the other walls. Aragorn and Legolas return fire with their own bows and kill several.
55	* One of the set-pieces in ''Film/TheHurtLocker'' is built around a sniper duel between the [=EOD=] team and faceless insurgents. Even when the American soldiers succeed in killing their opponents, they have to wait around for hours continuing to watch the enemy bunker to be sure that the other guys are really dead.
56	* ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'' opens with one, but Bond quickly realises that the girl on the other side isn't a sniper at all -"didn't know one end of a rifle from the other", as he put it- and refuses to kill her. He instead pulls his shot slightly, not quite [[BlastingItOutOfTheirHands blasting the rifle out of her hands]] but trashing the gun and only causing her a minor injury.
57	* ''Film/MysteryRoad'' ends with two in rapid succession (with the victor of the first duel then having to take on a second enemy) when both the BigBad and a pair of cops bring hunting rifles to the climatic shootout. In both duels, The two snipers take turns firing at each other, with each adjusting his sights as he sees where his shot hits, and with the first one to correctly zero in destined to be the winner.
58	* There was a sniper duel partway through ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan'' between the SouthernFriedPrivate and a German sniper. By the end of the film, it was clear nothing the Germans had could kill him except [[TankGoodness a much bigger gun.]]
59	* Happens at least once in each of the five ''Film/{{Sniper}}'' movies.
60	* Subverted in the Ukrainian film ''Film/SniperTheWhiteRaven:'' After establishing the sniping skills of our hero Raven and his Russian enemy Seryi, Seryi and his team are tracked down to a chemical factory. Raven's team snipe Seryi's team ... and Raven goes in with a silenced pistol to finish the job ... [[spoiler:and stabs Seryi to death]].
61	* The climax of the action film ''Film/UndercoverVsUndercover'' has ActionGirl Eva dueling DarkActionGirl Susan, facing each other with sniper rifles, Eva on ground level while Susan on a platform a few hundred meters above. Eva, remembering her sniper training that "A sniper gauges the distance using their senses instead of sight", instantly broke out of cover with her eyes closed, and fires a shot towards Susan's position - nailing Susan in the forehead.
62	* In ''Film/TheWall2017'', two American soldiers patrolling the deserts of Iraq find themselves attacked by a sniper. Hiding behind an old crumbling wall, they spend the rest of the movie trying to figure out where he is so they can fight back.
63	* ''Film/WonderWoman2017'': Subverted. When the team gets pinned down by a German sniper hiding in the church tower, it seems like this will happen with the team's sniper Charlie. Unfortunately, Charlie freezes up from PTSD and is unable to take the shot. Fortunately, Steve remembers an Amazon using a shield as a platform to leap behind some Germans, and has Sameer and Chief lift a large metal panel for Diana to leap off it into the tower.
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67	* In the ''Literature/GauntsGhosts'' novel ''Sabbat Martyr'', one of the Chaos assassins sent to kill the eponymous Imperial saint. Gaunt instructs his own top sniper, "Mad" Larkin, to keep an eye out for sneak attacks. Naturally, they end up in a duel with one another, although with a twist -- the Chaos marksman is trying to outguess Larkin and stay out of his line of fire long enough to draw a bead on the Saint instead of taking him out directly. He actually manages it, and lines up a shot while out of Larkin's field of view. [[spoiler: Fortunately, Larkin wasn't trying to go one on one; he had distracted the Chaos soldier from the Ghosts' ''other'' elite sniper, Jessi Banda, who shoots him dead JustInTime]].
68	* ''Holding the Zero,'' a novel by Gerald Seymour, goes into some detail on the history of sniping. A British civilian marksman goes to help a Kurdish rebellion again Saddam's government, and finds himself up against an Iraqi sniper.
69	* An assortment of Stephen Hunter's novels and characters have notably done this, perhaps best shown in his long running {{Old Soldier}} Bob Lee Swagger. An interesting case from the novel ''I, Sniper'' being when he went against four trained snipers armed with years of experience from the war on terror as well as a new smart-rifle system capable of challenging his skill as the third best sniper from the Vietnam war. Sending the enemy into a valley, they tried to set up a flank on his position using both an expert sniper team and a stealth insertion for close range support. The only issue with their plan came when they realized just how good {{Stealth Expert}} Swagger was when he seemed to appear out of thin air in the middle of the valley, right next to the hidden support {{mook}} and had his recently acquired friend, the best sniper of the Vietnam war, take out the sniper team on the opposite side of the valley. The trained professionals and veterans who had spent the last few hours looking for any sign of a sniper and found nothing. Because with some things, {{older is better}} when {{taught by experience}}
70	* James Thayer's ''White Star'' is centered around Owen Gray, an ex-Marine sniper who suffered from PTSD in Vietnam after shooting and killing what he believed was a fellow American sniper. In reality [[spoiler: he shot and badly wounded the book's main antagonist, Nikolai Trusov, a Russian who was intent on killing the famous 'White Star,' Gray's nickname among the Vietcong.]] The finale of the book involves a tense sniper duel in a woodland area, including multiple tricks and traps both men employ to draw the other out into the open.
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74	* ''Series/{{Bones}}'' Season 6 is essentially a ''year-long'' duel of FriendlySniper {{Atoner}} Booth versus his ColdSniper {{Mentor}} Broadsky:
75	** Booth foils one of Broadsky's assassination attempts by [[BlastingItOutOfTheirHands shooting his rifle]], as he couldn't get a clear shot at Broadsky himself.
76	** Their final hide and go seek sniper showdown is not only of their skills but their philosophies. Booth has pursued Broadsky to his base of operations, a ContainerMaze where Broadsky is not only intimately familiar with the territory but armed with a customized precision rifle that insanely outperforms Booth's FBI-approved mass-production longarm. But Booth has Bones and the squints, who figure out that as a result of the previous encounter, [[spoiler:''[[GameBreakingInjury Broadsky's right hand is broken]]'', therefore he can only rest the gun barrel on his arm and is incapable of gripping the barrel and aiming downwards. Booth thus goes against his training and stays on the ground, while Broadsky follows that training, takes the high ground, and is left wide open when Booth shoots his ''other'' hand before he can change cover, taking Broadsky ''alive.'']]
77	* "One Shot Kill", an episode of the [[ScrewedByTheNetwork short-lived]] ''Series/CriminalMindsSuspectBehavior'', had this between Mick Rawson and a sniper-trained unsub. But instead of Mick shooting him, Sam Cooper managed to sneak up behind the unsub and put a gun to his head.
78	* ''Series/FBIMostWanted'': "[[Recap/FBIMostWantedS01E05 Invisible]]" climaxes with a duel between Lt. Weitzen, who is picking off FBI agents from his hide, while Clinton scans the scene through his sight, looking for anything which will allow him to get a fix on Weitzen's position.
79	* ''Series/MashinSentaiKiramager'' episode 39 has the BigBad Yodon decide to take on the Kiramagers himself in the form of his ColdSniper persona Shadon, whose bullets turn victims into balls of mud. The fight comes down to a duel between Shadon and the Kiramager's own sharpshooter Tametomo after he picks off all the other Kiramagers. Tametomo manages to destroy Shadon's scope with a ScopeSnipe early on to force him to attack from closer range and eventually is able to outsmart and destroy Shadon, forcing Yodon to retreat.
80	* An episode of ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' ends with Gibbs using his sniper skills to take out another sniper who's about to assassinate someone.
81	* The 2015 NBC TV series ''Series/ThePlayer'' has one in the episode "L.A. Takedown."
82	* Happens in "Field of Fire", a seventh-season episode of ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', using rifles that teleport the bullet a few centimeters from their target and scanners that look through walls.
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86	* While a rap battle rather than an actual shootout, there is "[[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Sniper]] Vs. [[VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} Widowmaker]]" by ''Music/JTMusic''.
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90	* Invoked in ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite''. First time you encounter a sniper, Elizabeth finds a sniper rifle and tosses it to you (though you don't need to take it).
91	* Happens in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyWorldAtWar,'' where you need to face off against a German sniper under the guidance of Sergeant Reznov, a former sniper who lost his index finger early in the siege of Stalingrad and couldn't do the shooting himself. The enemy sniper will use decoys to try and get you to waste shots, and can easily kill you if you aren't quick.
92	** Also common in multiplayer across the series, as per ''Team Fortress 2'' below: due to the incredible potency of sniper rifles compared to other weapons, snipers will usually prioritize enemy snipers as targets to try and keep those weapons away from teammates that can't easily retaliate.
93	* At an early stage of the siege of Alcazar in ''VideoGame/COD2SpanishCivilWarMod'', the player is ordered to shoot a Republican sniper hiding among the rooftops of the city buildings surrounding the fortress. Somewhat subverted, since neither of them uses scoped rifles and both sides of the conflict didn’t have specialised snipers in their ranks.
94	* ''VideoGame/{{Commandos}} 3 : Destination Berlin'' features a duel in Stalingrad between the playable sniper and a German sniper, in a ShoutOut to ''Film/EnemyAtTheGates''.
95	* The last mission of ''VideoGame/HistoryCivilWarSecretMissions'' has the player, a Union marksman, taking out Confederate snipers in the ruins of Vicksburg. What makes this mission special from other similar missions in its genre is the fact that since this is an UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar game, the players are armed only with mid-19th century weapons.
96	* The infamous custom ''VideoGame/CounterStrike'' map "awp_map" [[UnexpectedGameplayChange throws out the intended mission-based gameplay out the window]] and pits the two teams against each other on a giant, walled-in field with nothing but AWP sniper rifles and cylinders for cover.
97	* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' features a lot of sniper dueling, particularly of the spotter-vs-ace variety; you can snipe enemies from a very long distance while sneaking, and they'll spend precious aiming time trying to figure out if you exist. [[AscendedGlitch Yeah, it's that kind of game]]. Unfortunately, once spotted, the enemy bowmen will proceed to go CRAZY PRECISE nuts with their [[AbnormalAmmo ebony]]-[[ArmorPiercing grade]] [[NoKillLikeOverkill arrows]]. Enemy mages also have unusually precise elemental attacks and have cone attacks that go long distances and clip through walls, so you'll need to dodge those.
98	* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyType0'' features an optional mission on a NewGamePlus that involves fighting a boss while being attacked by a sniper. Once the boss is down, [[TheStraightAndArrowPath Trey gets out his bow]].
99	* The Combine Snipers in ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' are, ironically, immune to your sniper weapon (a crossbow) and most firearms. However, you can duel them with [[NoKillLikeOverkill the RPG]] to great effect.
100	* Parts of ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' games, ''especially'' ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}'', can play out like this, with beam rifle-armed Jackals sniping at you, and you sniping right back. Unfortunately TheComputerIsACheatingBastard -- they [[BottomlessMagazines don't have the limited ammunition]] that you do, and on higher difficulties they can draw a bead on you [[TheAllSeeingAI the moment you stick your head out]]. It's sometimes possible to run up closer and splat the snipers with close-range fire, but that's risky, especially at higher difficulty levels where they can one-shot you.
101	* Dark Pit in ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'' hides out in two of four locations during his featured chapter, and one of those features him atop a mountain, with a staff (the game's BoomStick equivalent of a rifle) that carries a ''wicked'' range. Naturally, you can pack a staff of your own and snipe him right back.
102	* ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonorAlliedAssault'': In the mission "Sniper's Last Stand", [[PlayerCharacter Lt. Mike Powell]] has to make his way through the shelled-out ruins of Landeneau, France, which is crawling with German snipers.
103	* Practically a hallmark of the ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' series, including:
104	** Not one, but ''two'' sniper duels against Sniper Wolf in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid''.
105	** A long, drawn out battle spanning three maps against The End in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'', which eventually turns into a literal test of endurance, as The End will only use tranquilizer darts in the battle and refuses to kill you outright. The duel may be bypassed by sniping The End before it or waiting for him to die of old age.
106	** The battle against Crying Wolf (and her squad of [[EliteMooks FROGs]]) in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'', although her being equipped with a railgun and a powered dog-suit ups the odds in her favour a little bit. An additional twist is provided by Crying Wolf's keen sense of smell, which puts the player at a disadvantage when attacking from upwind. [[spoiler:For bonus brownie points, the battle also takes place on the same snowfield as the second battle with Sniper Wolf in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid''.]]
107	** And finally, ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'' has a sniper fight against Quiet that you will probably wander into unintentionally (and without a sniper rifle). Good thing you can order one while hiding from her. Later on the game you will have to battle against ''four'' enemy snipers at the same time, each one of whom is just as deadly as Quiet.
108	* ''VideoGame/MinionMasters'': If both Masters have sniper in their decks, this can happen.
109	* Happens in the background lore for ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}''. Ana Amari, the Second Commander of Overwatch and a fantastic sniper, lost a duel against an almost supernaturally skilled [[NebulousEvilOrganization Talon]] sniper. While she could have won and had the sniper in sight, she hesitated when she recognized the shooter as the wife of another Overwatch agent, and, due to light issues with PTSD, couldn't bring herself to end the job. [[HesBack She got better, though.]]
110	** Actual sniper duels rarely happens in actual gameplay. The best characters to take care of snipers tend to be fast and mobile harassers or assassins, not other snipers. As [[FragileSpeedster Tracer]] demonstrates in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyBUMabtslI Alive]] against Widowmaker (aforementioned Talon sniper). Widowmaker ''does'' get some call out lines referring to this trope, however. On spotting an enemy sniper, she may say, "Sniper. Leave this to me." On scoring a kill on an enemy sniper, she may say, "Heh. Amateur."
111	* Happens in ''VideoGame/RogueTrooper''
112	* ''VideoGame/SilentScope'' is a series of video games dedicated to sniping, and there are modes for sniper duels with an element of hide and seek.
113	* The ''VideoGame/SniperElite'' series, natch. There's often at least one enemy sniper in each level trying to do to you what [[BoomHeadshot you're doing to his comrades]]. You're free to engage at range and go for a ScopeSnipe... or sneak into their vantage point and [[BackStab backstab them]], if you're feeling crafty.
114	** Multiplayer matches zig-zag this to hell and back, with up to 12 players possessing the same arsenal they have in singleplayer. Players will often find themselves with a single nemesis after one headshot too many, but it's just as likely that an entire team will be waiting to gun someone down. Free-for-alls can get particularly tense, shifting between individual duels and large-scale [[MexicanStandoff Mexican Standoffs]] depending on how many people are scoping each other out at a given time.
115	* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'': the Sniper class is a good counter to other Snipers, and a ''good'' Sniper can be [[DemonicSpider a major roadblock]], so those tend to happen from time to time. However, some maps (mostly CaptureTheFlag ones) have dedicated Sniper balconies on both sides of the map, which can result in the Snipers focusing on dueling the opposing Snipers and nothing besides that.
116	* ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'' has a potential called "Sniper Killer", unique to Cezary Regard, that makes him ideal for facing off against other snipers; with this potential, he can inflict additional damage against enemy snipers.
117	* The fight against Grunfeld Bach in ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'' can be this, since he behaves like a regular sniper, shooting and running away from the player, who in all likelihood has acquired a decent sniper rifle by this point.
118	* Happens, [[JustifiedTrope with good reason]], in the frontlines of ''VideoGame/{{Verdun}}''. Since most of the maps are pretty open, and there are scoped rifle troopers on both sides, it takes some [[ImprobableAimingSkills fancy shooting]] to take out the enemy sniper before he makes ''you'' buy the farm. End result is that there can be a surprising number of ScopeSnipe kills.
119	* In the ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'' expansion ''Enemy Within'', you can get an achievement through killing an EXALT sniper with one of your own snipers.
120	* It tends to happen annoyingly often in ''VideoGame/{{Xenonauts}}'' if both sides are unwilling to leave their cover. This is actually a poor tactic on the player's part, since aliens have unlimited ammo...
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124	* Happens at the end of ''VisualNovel/RoseGunsDays'' Season 3, when Keith has to spot the sniper [[spoiler:who shot Stella's adoptive son Yūji]] and shoots everyone who tries to help. He only finds him [[spoiler:after Stella (actually the sniper's true target) goes out and sacrifices herself]].
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128	* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Zaytsev Vasily Zaytsev,]] on whom the film ''Film/EnemyAtTheGates'' was very loosely based, pulled this off quite a few times.
129	* In Sarajavo during the recent war, one mercenary training a band of Croat snipers made it the business of his "class" to eliminate a Serbian sniper that had a weird taste for [[PsychoForHire shooting civilians]]. They finally got him.
130	* In Vietnam, legendary Marine Corps sniper Carlos Hathcock was once hunting another sniper. Hathcock was sighting through his rifle scope, when he saw light glint off metal some distance away, and he fired at it. When he approached, it was learned that he had shot the other sniper-- ''[[ScopeSnipe right through the guy's own rifle scope]], killing him instantly.'' According to Hathcock, the other sniper must have been looking at him at the same time, and if Hathcock had been any slower on the trigger, he'd have been dead.
131	** Hathcock had other engagements involving enemy snipers. One of then ended via an recoilless-rifle shell to the Vietnamese sniper's general position (it did the trick), and another involved dozens of enemy snipers and an artillery strike. Hathcock only [[CombatPragmatist plays fair when he has to]].
132	* In the Gallipoli campaign of WWI there was a half-Chinese Australian sniper by the name of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Sing Billy Sing]], who had 150 confirmed kills. He was so deadly that the Turks assigned a champion sniper specifically to eliminate him. This Turkish sniper was able to track him down, and was preparing to shoot, but Billy's spotter had already seen him, and Billy shot first.
133	* In the trenches of WWII, many snipers from both sides reportedly sniped each other (and other soldiers) for sport.
134	* Snipers are often put on missions where their only job is to counter other snipers. However, if a sniper is discovered, generally the unit won't be sending off their best marksman to duke it out man on man. They [[CombatPragmatist will be calling artillery strikes]].
135	* Standard Secret Service protection for the President of the US (and the equivalent by other agencies for other leaders) typically involve snipers specifically looking out for a hostile shooter.
136	* The legendary UsefulNotes/SimoHayha engaged in duels with entire teams of counter-snipers, eliminating all of them. The Russian military did get smart (or just [[TheDreaded plain terrified]]) enough to try using an artillery strike instead. And even that didn't kill him. In the end, he was removed from the war after dueling another sniper, where he was shot in the head, [[TisOnlyABulletInTheBrain which he survived]], before he killed his attacker. He went into a coma after that, and by the time he woke up the war was over, probably because the Russians shit themselves at the thought of having to deal with him again.
137	* Lyudmila Pavlichenko engaged in at least 36 sniper duels, all of which she won through [[TheDeterminator sheer persistence]]. Probably the most famous examples were one she dragged out for about 3 days, and her first duel where she embedded herself in briars, leaving herself exposed to the Russian winter for hours on end until her opponent grew impatient.
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