Brit Marine Sniper: 1.5 mile shots killing 2!

[Bayer-Z28]

Saw this this morning on the news.. Fukin AMAZING!!! :thumb: (I know he's British,) but I still salute him for pullin that off!! Being a BADASS SNIPER!! Takin taliban heads off, one at a time!

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/05...e-double-kill/

A British Army sniper has set a new sharpshooting distance record by killing two Taliban machinegunners in Afghanistan from more than a mile away.

Craig Harrison, a member of the Household Cavalry, killed the insurgents with consecutive shots — even though they were 3,000ft beyond the most effective range of his rifle.

“The first round hit a machinegunner in the stomach and killed him outright,” said Harrison, a Corporal of Horse. “He went straight down and didn’t move.

“The second insurgent grabbed the weapon and turned as my second shot hit him in the side. He went down, too. They were both dead.”

The shooting — which took place while Harrison’s colleagues came under attack — was at such extreme range that the 8.59mm bullets took almost three seconds to reach their target after leaving the barrel of the rifle at almost three times the speed of sound.

The distance to Harrison’s two targets was measured by a GPS system at 8,120ft, or 1.54 miles.

The previous record for a sniper kill is 7,972ft, set by a Canadian soldier who shot dead an Al-Qaeda gunman in March 2002.

In a remarkable tour of duty, Harrison cheated death a few weeks later when a Taliban bullet pierced his helmet but was deflected away from his skull. He later broke both arms when his army vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb.

[ls6monte]

That's some serious range!

[84ta406]

Impressive! Thats a large caliber round he used too!

[Bayer-Z28]

^ Snipers typically use a .50cal rifle.

Google Image:

[BrokenFeather78]

I wonder if that was his cold shot!!!

[Bayer-Z28]

They had a Sniper trainer for the secret service on the news, or else he did his time in the Military. He was explaining that for you to make that shot ONCE at 1.54 miles, luck is pretty well on your side... But for you to BACK IT UP and DO IT AGAIN, you are a certified bad-ass!

[smokinss]

DAMN!!! Good for him. Thats some serious skill right there.

[84ta406]

Originally Posted by Bayer-Z28

^ Snipers typically use a .50cal rifle.

Google Image:

This new record was done with a .338 magnum round. A lot smaller than a .50 cal.

Carlos Hathcock set the original record using a single round in a Browning M2 machine gun with a scope mounted on it. Thats impressive as shit too.

[Bayer-Z28]

^ Well, like I said, typically..

But I'm surprised that small round made it that far. prolly had a LOT of charge behind it. Found this: http://www.army.mod.uk/equipment/sup...pons/1459.aspx

[84ta406]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.338_Lapua_Magnum