Posted on 04/01/2014 12:58:46 AM PDT by kingattax
A British sniper in Afghanistan killed six insurgents with a single bullet after hitting the trigger switch of a suicide bomber whose device then exploded, The Telegraph has learnt.
The 20-year-old marksman, a Lance Corporal in the Coldstream Guards, hit his target from 930 yards (850 metres) away, killing the suicide bomber and five others around him caught in the blast.
The incident in Kakaran in southern Afghanistan happened in December but has only now been disclosed as Britain moves towards the withdrawal of all combat soldiers by the end of the year.
Lt Col Richard Slack, commanding officer of 9/12 Royal Lancers, said the unnamed sharpshooter prevented a major attack by the Taliban, as a second suicide vest packed with 20kg (44lbs) of explosives was found nearby.
The same sniper, with his first shot on the tour of duty, killed a Taliban machine-gunner from 1,465 yards (1,340m).
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Sounds pretty efficient.
Great shooting for the Brit!
Sort of, but a misleading headline. The bullet killed one. The resulting explosion killed the other five. My first thought was "Great! He caught six of them lined up." Not.
There have been single shot multiple kills by US snipers in Afghanistan as well. With a .50 shell you don’t aim for the jihadi you aims for the rock he and his jihadi buddies are all hiding behind.
There was video of one of these kills out on YouTube at one point. Small boulder explodes from the kinetic force of the impact, jihadi body parts can be seen flying away from the impact site.
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Nice shooting there!
I have a friend who dropped an NVA colonel from 1400 yards with a 7.62 NATO round. The colonel was standing at a blackboard (outdoors), teaching a class of troops.
Talk about psychological impact!
“Shock & Awe!”
Bless your little pea-picking heart ... already saved to my collection one minute ago ... thank you!
Haven’t heard such great news since Yeagar took down five Nazis with one shot.
Good shot soldier. God bless ya.
My pleasure. And welcome to FR!
Congrats to this hero.
Thanks ... you’re the first one to welcome me here!
Now he can go home and be told that he cannot be trusted to own a gun.
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