Canadian sniper kills ISIS fighter two miles away

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A Canadian sniper has beat the record for the longest confirmed kill in military history by picking off an ISIS fighter from a staggering 11,319 feet.

The bullet was fired from a McMillan TAC-50 rifle set on a high-rise tower and took 10 seconds to travel the 2.14 miles towards the fighter, who was attacking Iraqi soldiers.

This smashed the last record set by a Briton Craig Harrison, who killed a Taliban soldier with a 338 Lapua Magnum rifle at a range of 8,120 feet(1.54 miles) in 2009.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...sniper-kills-ISIS-fighter-TWO-MILES-away.html
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Milagro said:
A Canadian sniper has beat the record for the longest confirmed kill in military history by picking off an ISIS fighter from a staggering 11,319 feet.

The bullet was fired from a McMillan TAC-50 rifle set on a high-rise tower and took 10 seconds to travel the 2.14 miles towards the fighter, who was attacking Iraqi soldiers.

This smashed the last record set by a Briton Craig Harrison, who killed a Taliban soldier with a 338 Lapua Magnum rifle at a range of 8,120 feet(1.54 miles) in 2009.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...sniper-kills-ISIS-fighter-TWO-MILES-away.html
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I read this on Drudge this morning. Ten seconds in the air. Terminal velocity must have been incredibly slow.
 
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I read this on Drudge this morning. Ten seconds in the air. Terminal velocity must have been incredibly slow.
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Yeah I don't believe that either. The Tac-50
has a muzzle velocity of over 2600 ft/sec, so it ought to cover a distance of 11,000 ft in a little over four seconds.

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Milagro said:
Yeah I don't believe that either. The Tac-50
has a muzzle velocity of over 2600 ft/sec, so it ought to cover a distance of 11,000 ft in a little over four seconds.

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After two miles it's only travelling a small fraction of muzzle velocity. I'm a little surprised the bullet didn't just bounce off the guy.
 
Right said:
After two miles it's only travelling a small fraction of muzzle velocity. I'm a little surprised the bullet didn't just bounce off the guy.
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He fired from a high-rise tower so I imagine that gravity was a factor. It wouldn't have been possible on the level.

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I read an article where they're working on a bullet that has identical abilities to some of our missiles.
The target gets "painted" by a spotter and then the bullet hit's the "painted' target.

This allows the shooter to be farther back from the spotter; plus it could allow the spotter to not even be a person.
It could be stationary set up or even some of those new miniature drones they've been working on, like a bee or a beetle. :D
 
Milagro said:
He fired from a high-rise tower so I imagine that gravity was a factor. It wouldn't have been possible on the level.

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Looking at the chart he shot upwards by a significant angle, like lobbing a basketball.
 
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Looking at the chart he shot upwards by a significant angle, like lobbing a basketball.
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At that distance, he would have had too.
Even if his target was at a lower position then he was at.

Still; awesome shot and I'll bet that there are some ISIS fighters who aren't sleeping really comfortable, tonight. :D
 
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After two miles it's only travelling a small fraction of muzzle velocity. I'm a little surprised the bullet didn't just bounce off the guy.
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At 1500 yards a 660gr bullet from a 50 BMG still has 2000lbs of energy and is traveling at 1150ish feet per second.
 
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