Chinese Sniper Manual
"Theory of Ballistics to Study the Mystery of Ultra-Long Range Precision Shooting"
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Hat tip to J. C. Tate, CDR USN (Ret.) for this one. He found a PDF copy of a Chinese military sniper manual and took to an experiment with DeepL, an online translation system.
The title of the manual translates to Theory of Ballistics to Study the Mystery of Ultra-Long Range Precision Shooting. While the Chinese-to-English was quite good, it wasn’t perfect. Some examples: “Carlos Hathcock” is translated to “Carlos Hescak”, “Browning” is “Branning”, and “Coriolis Effect” is “Kurtosis Force.” Also, note the use of jiao cents (1/10 of a yuan or ¥) as a translation of Minute of Angle. There were a few references to Taiwan ballistics manuals and mostly American texts, notably Accuracy and Precision for Long Range Shooting by Bryan Litz.
The author of this text was the 2015 World Cup CQB Extreme Shooting Competition winner, a Taiwan-based Airsoft competition. While it doesn’t have anything with long-range precision shooting, here it is:
Holy detail orientation bat man. Biggest challenge for me beyond 800 meters is reading the wind and other atmospheric effects on the bullets flight path at range. I like the approach to the booklet, it identifies lots of factors. I think the efforts of sniper training can benefit from standardizing the equipment. The author mentioned many different rifles and calibers used.