Amazing
A British army sniper helped save his commander and set a new sharpshooting record after killing two Taliban machine gunners in Afghanistan from a mile-and-a-half away.Yes, there's more.
Cpl of Horse Harrison sealed his place in military history
Corporal of Horse Craig Harrison fired his consecutive shots from such a long distance that they took almost three seconds to reach their targets.
This was despite the 8.59mm bullets leaving the barrel of his rifle at almost three times the speed of sound.
The distance to his two targets was 8,120ft, or 1.54 miles - according to a GPS system - and about 3,000ft beyond the weapon's effective range.
The 35-year-old beat the previous sniper kill record of 7,972ft, set by a Canadian soldier who shot dead an al Qaeda gunman in March 2002.
Labels: Afghanistan
posted by Harry @ 8:13 PM
CHALLAH AKBAR
3 Comments:
...Can I have one of those for my birthday/hannukah/christmas. please?
OK, fine. But you can only shoot at things that are far away.
WOW!!!
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