Bring the British sergeant to America for a ticker-tape parade.
They say the isis commander was a little long winded.The sniper fixed that.
How old was the barrel ?
Ha! I’ll bet that took the starch out of the ISIS commander’s troops. NIce shot!
50BMG?
What’s not to like?
Didn’t realize those were used as sniper weapons or that they had a semi automatic setting.
Heads up!
Whaaaaaaaaa.............................tt????
No 100 virgins (or raisins) for you!
Schweeeet!
“...in the chest with a shot that blew off the commander’s arm and shoulder.”
In some “producer’s notes” for some movie (”Shooter” maybe) they were talking about the long-range sniper shot and the guy with a bullet hole in his chest.
Went something like this: “Well, our military consultant said that was all wrong. At those ranges with a .50 caliber round, it would be coming in at a very steep angle - practically vertical. A dead center hit would enter the chest and exit out his butt, cleaving the upper torso in half. We decided that would be too graphic - and the movie-goer expects a nice round hole with blood.”
Sounds about right compared with this story.
this story is hard to believe. let me explain
at over a mile, my guess of bullet flight time is 2 seconds.
that means that the bullet will drop 64 feet from line of sight.
I just don’t think you can ‘hold’ 64 feet, and get within 2 feet of your target.
perhaps someone could enlighten me
Just call me Commander Lefty.
Per the article:
In June 2017, the Canadian Armed Forces confirmed that one of its snipers had shattered the world record for the longest confirmed kill shot in military history at a distance of 3,540 metres (2.2 miles), The Globe and Mail reported.
“The Canadian Special Operations Command can confirm that a member of Joint Task Force 2 successfully hit a target at 3,540 metres,” the forces said in an official statement. The unit was operating in Iraq and the target was also an ISIS militant.
I love a nice feelgood story to start the week.
Sniper was using NZT.
With an old automatic, it was a Hail Mary shot with just the right amount of Kentucky windage.
Amazing.
It’s not the gun.