Marcus Nykvist
Marcus Nykvist | |
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| Born | 15 March 1912 Västermyrriset, Västergötland, Acrea |
| Died | 2 June 2006 |
| Allegiance |  Acrea |
| Service/ | Royal Acrean Army |
| Years of service | 1930-1972 |
| Battles/wars | Great Eracuran War |
| Awards | see below |
Marcus Madsson Nykvist was an Acrean sniper and officer during the Great Eracuran War. Considered the most successful sniper in the history of the Acrean Army, Nykvist is officially credited with killing 652 enemy soldiers during his service on the Shalumite front of the war from 1940-1945. First deployed as an advisor to the Shalumite Army in 1940, Nykvist took part in many of the major defensive actions fought by the Shalumite Army during that part of the war, with his high tally often credited to the favourable circumstances for snipers in the dense, ruined urban terrain of Shalumite cities like Valemur where heavy fighting took place.
Nykvist remained in the army after the war, becoming director of the Royal Acrean Army Sniper School at Rynningeviken in 1950. Reforming the curriculum based upon the temporary sniper school he helped establish in Shalum during the war, Nykvist was instrumental in reforming Acrean Army doctrine on the use of snipers in large-scale ground warfare.