Who was the better sniper: Hathcock or Kyle

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Hathcock

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will travel

Lee

How is this a serious question?

Give Hathcock the modern weapons and tech Kyle had and he would be a god.

Kyle also had more opportunity to kill in a fairly open urban desert vs Vietnam jungles.

Kyle himself said Carlos soo

I know. I have read all about it and that's why I said Kyle had more opportunities to kill than Hathcock did.

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During a volunteer mission days before the end of his first deployment, he crawled over 1,500 yards of field to shoot a high-ranking NVA officer.[18] He was not informed of the details of the mission until he accepted it.[14] This effort took four days and three nights, without sleep, of constant inch-by-inch crawling.[18] Hathcock said he was almost stepped on as he lay camouflaged with grass and vegetation in a meadow shortly after sunset.[2] At one point he was nearly bitten by a bamboo viper but had the presence of mind to avoid moving and giving up his position.[18] As the officer exited his encampment, Hathcock fired a single shot that struck the officer in the chest, killing him

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ETA: I think it took him like 3 days to crawl in and out and complete this mission while just surviving on shots of water from his canteen or something to that effect. I forgot all of the details.

Simo Hayha (sp?) still probably the best ever. Hathcock probably the best American.

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Read about his mission in Laos killing that high ranking general.

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Love this story