![]() ![]() Martin is the series editor for Osprey's Weapon series. ![]() In the 1980s he had the privilege of interviewing many World War I veterans about their wartime experiences, and the recordings are now part of the sound archives of the Imperial War Museum, London. He is the author of a number of books including 'The Military Sniper since 1914' (Osprey, 2001), 'Firearms in the American West 1700-1900' (The Crowood Press, 2002), and the highly acclaimed 'Out of Nowhere: A History of the Military Sniper' (Osprey, 2004), and he has also contributed to a number of magazines. In his spare time Martin runs motorcycle tours of the battlefield. He now lives in the Somme, France, where he and his wife run a small bed and breakfast, which is situated on top of the old German front line! Martin has established The Somme Historical Centre (where visitors can see the technology used in the 1914-18 trench warfare. The main strategy was to creep out at dawn into no-mans land and remain there all day. ![]() German snipers did not normally work from their own trenches. These men were usually specially trained marksmen that had rifles with telescopic sights. Martin Pegler has a BA Hons in Medieval and Modern History and an MA in Museum Studies, both from University College, London, and was for many years the Senior Curator of Firearms at the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds. Soldiers in front-line trenches suffered from enemy snipers. ![]()
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