[BITList] Canadian Snipers in Afghanistan

[realm33 at msn.com]

Canadian Snipers in Afghanistan  They never saw it coming.. Canadian Sniper wiping out Taliban Snipers in Afghanistan. These video shots are not made through the shooter's telescopic sight. They are made looking through the spotter's scope. The spotter lies right next to the sniper and helps the sniper to find and home in on the target. The sniper is using a 50 caliber rifle. A 50 cal. round is about 7-8 inches long and the casing is about an inch in diameter. The bullet itself is one-half inch in diameter and roughly one and one- half inches long.   Pay close attention to the beginning of the video. A Taliban is laying on top of the peak in front of you... when you hear the shot fired.... watch what happens. The sniper is also about more than a half mile away. A Canadian sniper in Afghanistan has been confirmed as hitting an enemy soldier at a range of 2,310 meters (about 7,579 feet, that's 1.435 MILES. Drive 1.4 miles in your car to see how far that is), the longest recorded and confirmed sniper shot in history. The previous record of 2,250 meters was set by US Marine sniper Carlos Hathcock in Vietnam in 1967.  The Canadian sniper was at an altitude of 8,500 feet and the target, across a valley, was at 9,000 feet.  Canadian sniper units often operated in support of US infantry units, which were grateful for their help. The record lasted only one day, until a second Canadian sniper hit an enemy soldier at 2,400 meters (approx 7874 feet or 1.491 miles.  That's 53 feet short of 1.5 miles) The Canadian snipers fire special 50-caliber McMillan tactical rifles, which are bolt-action weapons with five-round magazines. The Canadian snipers were the only Canadian troops operating with out helmets or flak jackets as they had too much other equipment to carry. Each three man team has one sniper rifle, three standard Canadian C7 rifles, one of them fitted with a 203mm grenade launcher.
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