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A sniper with Canada’s elite special forces in Iraq has shattered the world record for the longest confirmed kill shot in military history at a staggering distance of 3,540 metres.
The Canadian Armed Forces confirmed Thursday that a member of Joint Task Force 2 made the record-breaking shot, killing an Islamic State insurgent during an operation in Iraq within the last month.
[...] The elite sniper was using a McMillan TAC-50 sniper rifle while firing from a high-rise during an operation that took place within the last month in Iraq. It took under 10 seconds to hit the target.
[...] The military source said the JTF2 operation fell within the strictures of the government’s advise and assist mission.
[...] The kill was independently verified by video camera and other data, The Globe and Mail has learned.
[...] The skill of the JTF2 sniper in taking down an insurgent at 3,540 metres required math skills, great eyesight, precision of ammunition and firearms, and superb training.
Not our typical fare but the physics involved in making that shot are crazy.
Source: The Globe and Mail
(Score: 2) by Bot on Friday June 23 2017, @04:51AM (2 children)
...and the will to think you can pull it off in the first place.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 23 2017, @09:20AM (1 child)
Dude, every man with a gun thinks they can pull it off. Handgun at 2 miles? Sure, watch this POW POW POW. Ooh I gotta a woody!
It takes the elite (isn't that a bad word?) expert (bad word) to calculate all those non-Newtonian corrections (gravitation and fluid). Or just a lot a trial and error. How many thousand shots has the elite sniper attempted before Shooting A Bad Guy(tm) and Defending Our Liberty(tm).
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday June 23 2017, @10:54AM
Pfft... No gun owner I know thinks that shit. They may put a few bucks on some target practice but they're under no illusions of being as good as a trained sniper/spotter pair.
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