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In the Oksbøl Camp, 14 chosen soldiers are training to become “marksmen“, like it is called in the Danish Army. Abroad, they say “sniper“. A marksman must be able to hit his enemy with surgical precision at unbelieveable distances. Regardless of how much the pulse is pumping and how nervous he is. Their job is to kill - in the service of a higher cause. Danish military termonology distinguishes between friendly and enemy “snipers“. Friendly snipers are termed “Finskytte“ (fine-shooter), which I have translated as marksman. Enemy snipers are termed “Snigskytte“ (sneak-shooter), which I have translated as sniper. “Snigskytte“ has connotations to war criminals and terrorist, who fire upon civilians etc. I use these different translations, to capture the nuance, even though it is more correct to translate both words into “sniper“ in English. The main sniper rifle used by the Danish Army is the SAKO TRG-42 .338 Lapua Magnum, designated as Finskyttegevær M/04. According to the Danish Army, the effective range is
