Gunnery Sgt. Carlos Hathcock holds the Marine Corps record for the longest confirmed sniper kill shot. The late Marine sniper set the record in 1967 with a M-2 .50 caliber Browning machine gun.

Carlos Norman Hathcock II was a United States Marine Corps sniper with a service record of 93 confirmed kills. Hathcock's record and the extraordinary details of the missions he undertook made him ...

While Carlos Hathcock famously made an optic mount for a M2HB during his service in Vietnam, optic mounts were not standardized until much later.

Gunnery Sgt. Carlos Hathcock was the kind of Marine that would inspire generations of warfighters.

Meet Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Norman “Gunny” Hathcock II, who is believed to hold the highest number of recorded kills in the United States Marine Corps (USMC), according to the Encyclopedia of ...

While Carlos Hathcock famously made an optic mount for a M2HB during his service in Vietnam, optic mounts were not standardized until much later.