Samurai Snipers

The concept of a samurai sniper might seem like something out of a fantasy, but in reality, the samurai’s journey from bows to rifles shows an incredible adaptability and an unending pursuit of mastery.

[@drewjohnson-85]

This shows how truly unique the Samurai were in their approach to war, while riflemen started to show up in the war known in America as the French and Indian War and the Seven Years War in Europe, it’s not until the American Continental Army starts using the Kentucky long rifle in the revolutionary war that you start to see actual sharpshooters and other prototype snipers in the West, that’s about a 200 year difference in adoption of a concept.

[@Gun_Samurai]

That’s a good point, thank you. I don’t know much about the battles fought in the Americas 🙏

[@tyvernoverlord5363]

@@Gun_Samurai The engagements and battles along with skirmishing of the Northeast followed the British, German, and French styles of massed infantry warfare typical of the 18th century. The Southeast saw some standard battles with standard organization, with guerilla fights, ambushes, conveys being raided, and skirmishing sharpshooters harassing British forces. The Carolinas campaign in particular was the most asymmetric fight of the American Revolution.

[@drewjohnson-85]

@@tyvernoverlord5363 even in the northern front the Americans used riflemen as a force multiplier in a similar fashion to the way the Samurai would have used the Chuzutsu, the attack on Trenton on Christmas morning for example has Colonel Johann Rall of the the Hessian army being hit twice in the side probably by riflemen, and Timothy Murphy of the Continental Army’s unit Morgan’s Riflemen proved that who you shoot is more important than how many when he hit Brigadier General Simon Fraser at Saratoga, the British called it a war crime, I doubt that the Samurai would agree.

[@butspan7618]

id say theirs two reason japan had the earliest snipers. first the musket was somewhat advanced at that time and japans production was not so depending on were you're rifle was made could have a large impact on how accurate it was, as japan was producing or buying, and fielding 4 centuries of firearms at once, so it made sense to train the ones with the good guns. the other reason is that terrain in japan is much more suited to a sharp shooter role as it would be easier to hide and get away from cavalry, thanks to mountains and thick forests. a final note all the stated reasons for the samurai snipers were fulfilled in western army's by field cannons like a 2 pounder gun that can outrage muskets buy 3 times not .30 times that the samurai snipers probably did.

[@Lo-tf6qt]

There's a manga called Issak and it is based around the concept of samurai snipers/marksmen, highly recommend it for a read though unfortunately, english translations of the manga end at around chapter 40. Interesting note from the author of the manga in chapter 3 (I think) was that he got the idea for this manga when he came across a replica of a 17th century map which showed a Japanese soldier with a long matchlock amongst other soldiers

[@Gun_Samurai]

I’ll try to find it…

Really good manga that, though not perfectly historically accurate, scratches the same itch that Kingdom does.
Never got past Chp 40, does Isaku find peace 😔 after losing "those"?

[@Lo-tf6qt]

I never got past chapter 40 either since I can't read Japanese but from looking at the Japanese scans it seems that he's still looking for "those"

[@Pegasuz1233]

The word 'Rifle' is used to describe long barreled firearms in modern times nowadays, in 16th century they would call them 'arquebus' and then 'musket' in the 17th century which initially a heavier version of arquebus that got really popular in the europe

[@terrorcop101]

If you're looking for terms similar to sniper, samurai sharpshooter is another option.

[@MayumiC-chan9377]

i put my older brother Hiroshi in this category he’s a member the JGSDF and a sniper.

[@jimross7648]

Sniping as we know it today couldn't really develop until the introduction of smokeless powder. That's not to say marksmanship was not valued. Every weapon effective at range, provides an advantage, whether it be by a skilled archer or a skilled marksman. As you say the discipline of the highly skilled archer was directly applicable to developing skill with a firearm.
Concealment was always a part of master marksmanship. however once fired the Hazama-zutsu's position was apparent by the smoke from the gunpowder.
Samurai were warriors who used whatever tactics they could employ to be successful in combat. Long range sniping marksmanship would have been another useful weapon to be tactically deployed to give an edge to their side.

[@SB-qm5wg]

I don't know about other wars but the US Civil War had units of specialist sharpshooters. Gettysburg had several sharpshooter vs sharpshooter skirmishes.

[@arkiefaust4185]

I think the first recorded assassination with a matchlock rifle is when Ukita Naoie ordered one of his man (forgot the name) to kill the head of the Mimura clan

[@johnnyhotdogs9864]

Great stuff!

[@Gun_Samurai]

Thank you 🙇

[@marcoderrico8873]

Incredible video 👏👏👏👏

[@Gun_Samurai]

Thank you 🙇‍♂️

[@marcoderrico8873]

@@Gun_Samurai No It all if i Will visit the Japan i Hope to see you

[@samuelwurster2899]

What a cool Channel

[@Gun_Samurai]

Thank you 🙏

[@authentic4225]

Wheres is full video display picture lol

[@老衲只是路過而已]

Gun is boxing 🥊

[@davidreese6763]

Sogeki-hei

[@joaomanoel3197]

Muito interessante 👍🏻👍🏻

[@Gun_Samurai]

Muchas gracias 🙏

[@jugularjack]

古式砲術の紹介とはこれまた渋い👍(褒め言葉)

[@Gun_Samurai]

ありがとう 🙏

[@gimmeyourrights8292]

Bulletshido

[@leobuana7430]

Not -shido but -jutsu