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Friday, February 09, 2007

Record Sniper Shot

Please click onto the title of this post to see our Canadian allies shooting some Taliban with world record shot's. I caution people, this video is graphic!

5 Comments:

Blogger Bob said...

Canadian Sniper in Afghanistan These video shots are not made through the shooter's telescopic sight... they are made looking through the spotter's scope. The spotter lies right next to the sniper and helps the sniper to find and home in on the target. The sniper is using a 50 calibre rifle. A 50 cal. round is about 7-8 inches long and the casing is about an inch in diameter. The bullet itself is one-half inch in diameter and roughly one and one-half inches long. Pay close attention to the beginning of the video. A Taliban is laying on top of the peak in front of you... when you hear the shot fired.... watch what happens. The sniper is also about a half mile away... or more. A Canadian sniper in Afghanistan has been confirmed as hitting an
enemy soldier at a range of 2,310 meters, the longest recorded and confirmed sniper shot in history. The previous record of 2,250 meters was set
by US Marine sniper Carlos Hathcock in Vietnam in 1967. The Canadian sniper was at an altitude of 8,500 feet and the target, across a valley, was at 9,000 feet. Canadian sniper units often operated in support of US infantry units, which were grateful for their help. The record lasted only one day, until a second Canadian sniper hit an enemy soldier at 2,400 meters (8000 feet). The Canadian snipers fire special .50-calibre McMillan tactical
rifles, which are bolt-action weapons with five-round magazines. The Canadian snipers were the only Canadian troops operating without helmets or
flak jackets as they had too much other equipment to carry. Each three-man team has one sniper rifle, three standard rifles (Canadian C7s), one of
them with a 203mm grenade launcher.

7:36 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Must be an explosive bullet. I read the description of the bullet above. I don't understand how the body would blow apart like that.

8:03 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It blows apart from the high amount of energy in the bullet striking it.

9:52 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Very impressive, I'll take a couple! Where do you get them?

9:57 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I am starting to wonder if I'm not sick.. I have watched the video over and over and over and over :-)

5:22 PM  

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