Posted on 08/14/2009 5:30:47 PM PDT by naturalman1975
A British sniper killed a Taliban leader with the longest-ever fatal bullet shot in Afghanistan - from nearly TWO KILOMETRES away.
Corporal Christopher Reynolds, 25, camped on the roof of a shop for three days as he waited for the perfect conditions to shoot the terrorist commander.
He calculated the range, wind and trajectory before pulling the trigger - and the bullet flew 1,853 metres before hitting the target in the chest.
The warlord, known as 'Mula', is thought to be responsible for co-ordinating several attacks against British and American troops since the outbreak of war in 2001.
Cpl Reynolds, of 3 Scots, The Black Watch, who has already killed 32 rebel fighters, has now been credited with the longest kill in Afghanistan at 1.15 miles away.
The incident happened last week during heavy fighting in the town of Babaji in Helmand Province.
Today he told how the Taliban chief slumped into the arms of a stunned colleague after being hit by the 'lead sleeping tablet'.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Outstanding!
...and now Corporal Christopher Reynolds and his family have a target pasted on their heads!
Good Lord how stupid is it to publish this information?
OTH, nice shootin’!
Now we know what “kilt” means.
This bastard is Evil.
O’bozo that is, the dickhead.
Wow, just wow..
Of course he is a Scot....
Hey Scot nice shot!!!!
I shot a buck in the neck at 109 yards with iron sights on a 30/30 once.....I thought I was the man....
Good work, dude.....
The man wears a kilt because few trousers can contain those balls.
Two thousand yards?
I’m not worthy. I’m not worthy.
——Petronski sends...
.671 grains of justice... :) bz shot....
Good night Irene!
Can’t tell what the rifle is. From the fluting on the barrel I might guess Remington Sendero?
“Peace loving” reporter to evil military sniper.....
What do you feel when you shoot at some body? The best reply ever giver.......
Recoil!
Damn shine shooting, but not the longest kill in the war. That belongs to the Canadian Rob Furlong who hit an enemy 2,430m away using a .50 Caliber.
I’m fairly sure the ‘record’ is British Forces - could have been made clearer, but it’s a British paper.
It was a big mistake posting his photo here.
It gives cause for the enemy to start a fatwa.
You don’t know how FAR they can reach to completing their
religious beliefs.
I went into the USMC in 1966 as a somewhat experienced shooter -- the bulk of which was with Dad's .22 Remington. I was therefore tickled when, in Boot Camp, we finally got to "the range" for our few weeks. By the end of our time at Edson Range, even the splibs from Chicago - who'd never seen a tree - were hitting bullseyes at 500 meters with M-14s. Great fun.
Huge credit to these snipers, given our experiences. I could shoot Expert one day, and then Non-qual the next.
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