U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper) takes his sole mission -- protect his comrades -- to heart and becomes one of the most lethal snipers in American history. His pinpoint accuracy not only saves countless lives but also makes him a prime target of insurgents. Despite grave danger and his struggle to be a good husband and father to his family back in the States, Kyle serves four tours of duty in Iraq. However, when he finally returns home, he finds that he cannot leave the war behind.American Sniper / Film synopsis

Throughout Chris Kyle's first three tours in Iraq, he has a spotter and friend named Winston or Goat (Kyle Gallner). In his military role he plays Kyle's conscience and one of the few individuals who confronts the spiritual side of the SEAL legend. Kyle was known to carry a New Testament with him on all missions.

Indeed, Eastwood has said that American Sniper was meant to criticize war. As he put it, antiwar films are most powerful when they show “… what [war] does to the family and the people who have to go back into civilian life like Chris Kyle did.”

Chris Kyle was born in 1974 in Odessa, Texas. He graduated from Midlothian High School in 1992 and attended Tarleton State University for two years. After a bull riding injury in a rodeo, he quit school to enlist in the military. Kyle was 25 when he joined the Navy SEALs as a sniper.

The theme of "The Sniper" is that war dehumanizes the enemy. In the story, the Republican sniper is under attack from an enemy sniper. He kills an enemy soldier and a woman who informs on him. The sniper shows no emotion over either of these deaths.

American Sniper also conveys how racism is reinforced in war. The killing and dying scenes feel dangerously real, and there is hardly time to take a safe breath between them. The special effects and the unyielding script drive home the acute stress soldiers experience in battle.

Simo Häyhä With at least 505 confirmed kills during the Winter War of 1939–40 between Finland and the Soviet Union, Simo Häyhä (1905–2002) has been labelled the deadliest sniper in history. Here, Tapio Saarelainen shares the story of the Finnish sniper and how he achieved his nickname 'White Death'...

160 A $20,000 bounty was issued for his death and soon increased to $80,000. Kyle's reputation as the deadliest sniper in American military history currently is uncontested. Out of 255 claimed kills, 160 were confirmed. His farthest confirmed kill took place in 2008 near Sadr City at 2,100 yards away.

They provide the commander the means to orient on the enemy without betraying friendly defensive positions. Snipers can provide the location and disposition of the enemy's breaching equipment, fire support platforms, and assault force from a concealed position.

Distance Estimation: In order to neutralize the target, the sniper must estimate the distance between himself and the target, and be able to adjust his weapon in harmony with this distance. properties of his weapon and equipment, using them in harmony with weather, terrain and enemy conditions are required for success.

Simo Häyhä With at least 505 confirmed kills during the Winter War of 1939–40 between Finland and the Soviet Union, Simo Häyhä (1905–2002) has been labelled the deadliest sniper in history. Here, Tapio Saarelainen shares the story of the Finnish sniper and how he achieved his nickname 'White Death'...

Kyle had been shot six times, including a “rapidly fatal” bullet to the back that pierced his aorta, and another to the jaw that caused a severe spinal cord injury. Littlefield was hit seven times, including four that would have been instantly fatal.