Cuckoo (sniper)

Cuckoo (sniper)
For other uses, see Cuckoo (disambiguation).

A cuckoo is a military slang term for a sniper, disguised in the sprawling tree. This word has been particularly applied to the Finnish Winter War snipers and the World War II German snipers, who took pot-shots from hidden vantage points.

During World War II, before 1944, the German high command left many cuckoos behind as their armies retreated, in order to delay the Soviet rush.[1]

In popular culture

The 2002 Russian film The Cuckoo tells a story of Finnish cuckoo sniper.

Notes

  1. ^ Boys' Life. Boy Scouts of America, Inc.. Dec 1943. p. 36. http://books.google.com/books?id=LQ0tRtOXV-AC&pg=PA36&dq=cuckoo+sniper&hl=en&ei=wYIcTdKyF5HrOYKo2ZUJ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=cuckoo%20sniper&f=false. 

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