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Canadian sniper shatters world record by killing IS fighter with bullet fired 3.5km away

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Iraqi forces were under attack when the Canadian pulled the trigger (file photo).



A Canadian sniper has reportedly killed an Islamic State fighter in Iraq with a bullet fired more than 3 kilometres away.
It's a shot that has stunned the military world, and, if confirmed, would shatter the current world record for a kill shot in military combat by almost a kilometre.
A member of Canada's Joint Task Force 2 shot the "insurgent" from a distance of 3450 metres during an operation in the past month, The Globe and Mail reports.
The shot was fired from a McMillan TAC-50 sniper rifle from a high-rise building in the area and required the sniper to take into account not only wind and distance, but also the curvature of the Earth.
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It took just less than 10 seconds to hit its target.
The shot, verified by video, disrupted an IS attack on Iraqi security forces and was considered appropriate given the situation, multiple sources told The Globe and Mail.
The world record was previously held by British sniper Craig Harrison. He shot a Taliban gunner with a 338 Lapua Magnum rifle from 2475 metres away in 2009.
A military insider told The Globe and Mail: "This is an incredible feat. It is a world record that might never be equalled."
The sniper's name and location weren't released for operational reasons.

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WORLD'S LONGEST KILL SHOTS:
1. Canada: 3450m, Iraq, 2017 (to be confirmed)
2. UK: 2475m, Afghanistan, 2009
3. Canada: 2430m, Afghanistan, 2002
4. Canada: 2310m, Afghanistan, 2002
5. US: 2300m, Iraq, 2004

dang... going to have to move the electric fence further back

Ten seconds flight time. Impressive. How many clicks of up?

pretty good if he did it offhand like the photo haha (with a svds!)

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

pretty good if he did it offhand like the photo haha (with a svds!)

Originally Posted by Rushy

Ten seconds flight time. Impressive. How many clicks of up?

just wind the turret round as far as it goes Rushy, choose the bottom mildot, and point it at the sun, that should about do it

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

just wind the turret round as far as it goes Rushy, choose the bottom mildot, and point it at the sun, that should about do it

I think you will still be a few subways short

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

just wind the turret round as far as it goes Rushy, choose the bottom mildot, and point it at the sun, that should about do it

I reckon.

basically just use the rifle like a mortar launcher

Probably a Newfie @R93

Originally Posted by Ryan

Probably a Newfie @R93

Ha Ha yeah. In Canada it is Noofy jokes like Irish ones here.



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As impressive as it may be from a technical/ballistic standpoint, I don't understand why such details should be released and/or championed. At the end of the day, they're humans being killed (not paper targets). If a military force feels obligated to decimate certain individuals for the wellbeing of its troops and or to fulfill a necessary political objective (debatable), it should do so quietly, efficiently and without glamorizing it.

I get the point of the thread, and it's a heck of a shot, but that's the way I see it anyway.

I don't understand why mass murders perpetrated by ISIS, Islamist radicals in France, Belgium, Germany, Russia etc etc. receive media attention either but I'm sure glad that some of those people (and I use the word "people" in the loosest possible sense) are able to be dispatched in a manner which is clinical and reduces / eliminates the risk of collateral damage / killing innocents associated with other types of force.

It is a tremendous feat of arms that should be acknowledged for the skill and discipline required to administer it.

I'm with you both on those points

Take it from an old soldier Frodo and in my case especially.

I most certainly would not hold any of these insurgents in any higher regard than a paper target.
And quite frankly it would be a dysfunctional/ineffective soldier that would.
As for the military championing the action I fully support it. It builds moral for the grunts that have to do the hard yards knowing someone with those skills is watching over them allowing them to concentrate on their tasks. What the media does with the information is up to them.







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