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The winner will be drawn from all correct entries after the closing date and will be notified in writing. The Editor's decision is final. I that the combination of high quality service rifles and new telescopic sights brought the true 'sniper' to the battlefield as a distinct specialist. By 1918 the scout-sniper's value as an observer and gatherer of intelligence was as important as his lethal skills, but the sniper s art was disregarded in the interwar years so that most World War II armies had to train and equip snipers from scratch. By 1945 they were once again playing a major role in all theatres of war on the Russian Front, famously, it was a role in which women excelled.