Sniper

A Sniper is a person adept at using, as well as maintaining, ranged weaponry.

Role and Abilities
Much like musicians, snipers, in the series, are an optional and alternative occupation for any Marine or pirate. Snipers usually have great eyesight and accuracy, allowing them to hit difficult targets from a considerable distance. Due to their choice of weaponry, snipers excel best at long-range combat. Weapons that most snipers prefer to utilize include rifles and pistols, but can also include artillery such as cannons and mortars and highly customized weapons that best suits the sniper's skill.

Snipers with great physical strength can throw seemingly harmless objects without any launchers, turning them into deadly projectiles of tremendous accuracy and precision. Fish-Men are the most prominent of such feats, turning water droplets into high-velocity bullets, especially those who practice Fish-Man Karate.

Translation and Dub Issues
As the term sniper is often associated with firearms (as well as terrorism, especially following the 2002 Beltway snipings) in the United States, the 4Kids-dubbed anime usually substitutes terms such as marksman and sharpshooter. The Viz manga initially followed this convention, but stopped after 4Kids lost their license to the series.

The Funimation-dubbed anime is more inconsistent overall, using sniper and the above substitutions interchangeably.

Trivia

 * Given the nature of their skills, some snipers - such as Usopp - may also double as the crew gunner, responsible for operating and maintaining their ship's cannons and artillery.
 * While not considered traditional snipers (due to the lack of weaponry), both Trebol and Charlotte Katakuri were shown to precisely hit targets from long distances with ease.
 * Although Trafalgar Law is not a sniper in profession, he was trained in the art by Gladius.

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