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General Category => World News => Topic started by: TomSea on June 22, 2017, 04:50:50 am
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Canadian elite special forces sniper makes record-breaking kill shot in Iraq
Robert Fife OTTAWA BUREAU CHIEF
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 3,450 metres.
Sources say a member of Joint Task Force 2 killed an Islamic State insurgent with 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 shot in question actually disrupted a Daesh [Islamic State] attack on Iraqi security forces," said a military source, who stressed the operation fell within the strictures of the government's advise and assist mission. "Instead of dropping a bomb that could potentially kill civilians in the area, it is a very precise application of force and because it was so far way, the bad guys didn't have a clue what was happening."
(https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/ece-images/429/incoming/article35416811.ece/BINARY/image.jpg)
Continued: https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canadian-elite-special-forces-sniper-sets-record-breaking-kill-shot-in-iraq/article35415651/
A little over 2 miles.
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The amazing thing with those long shots, even if they aren't from a higher elevation like this one, is the high angle the bullet impacts from. It's coming down from above.
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One heck of a shot. :patriot: