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The distance record for a confirmed kill by a sniper has been beat by a British soldier in Afghanistan. Using a state-of-the-art Accuracy International AWM, he hit two machine gun operators with two consecutive shots after they targeted his commander. The shot was 148 feet longer than the prior record, set by a Canadian sharpshooter in Afghanistan in 2002.
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Was an article from 2005 accidentally published in today's Washington Post?
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Q: The Penis shoots Seeds, and makes new Life to poison the Earth with a plague of men.
A: Go forth, and kill. Zardoz has spoken.
niiiiice.
Go .338 Lapua!
It was kind of weird that .50 BMG, primarily an anti-material round among military snipers, held the record for farthest kill on an enemy soldier for as long as it did.
2.64 seconds to reach their targets
Impressive.
Q: Do you have a pi-cost I can borrow?
A: What’s a pi-cost?
I’d be interested to know what the terrain was like during the Corporal Craig incident. One of the elements that made Master Corporal Furlong’s shot so impressive in the Shah-i-Kot valley was that because of the high topographical features of the terrain, he was firing through multiple contrary crosswinds.
Not that I want to take anything away from Craig — there’s no such thing as an “easy” shot from a mile and a half away — I’m just so amazed that he was able to do it *once* that I’m dumbfounded he was able to do it *twice.*
Sam,
There was no wind and it was a clear day during Craig’s incident. Craig and Furlong were also using different cartridges and different rifles. Both were remarkable accomplishments.