Cecil900 wrote:Dont they hold like the world record for the longest confirmed sniper kill?
They did until recently. Had to look this up for curiosity sake!
British Corporal Craig Harrison killed two Taliban with consecutive shots at a distance of 2.47 kilometres (8120 ft) in Helmand Province, Afghanistan last November (2009). He then fired a third shot and hit the Taliban's PKM machinegun in perhaps the most prodigious feat of marksmanship in military history.
The previous longest kill by Canadian Army Corporal Rob Furlong - killed an al-Qaeda fighter from 2.43 km during Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan in 2002.
Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 4:51 pm
