lol, your PS3's probably got more bodies on it than a fistful of blood diamonds
Super Sniper Kills Taliban 1.5 Miles Away
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.338 Lapua small? The whole point of the L115 is that the 7.62mm for the L96 wasn't cutting it at very long ranges so the Army asked AI for something with a bit more reach. He was also firing down from a ridge from what I remember reading, so I imagine the round still had a fair bit of energy to it. As maustin said, the conditions out there are what makes shots like this possible,
No expert here either, but I touched one once
: got a show-and-tell from a Sniper platoon in the Rifles last year and they don't mess about when it comes to distance shooting. They account for just about every possible variable imaginable when taking a shot and the rifle itself is a serious bit of kit.Impressive bit of shooting, but snipers put a huge amount of effort in to be good at what they do so fair play to him, he worked hard to make it happen.
Does anyone else think the articles at the Times and Sky read a bit too similar, even for the usual copying? There was a bit of stink over on the ARRSE forums too that the media printed way too much personal info - name, photo, where he lives and the names of his Wife and Daughter - from what sounds like a press release.
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This calibre round is debated to be the perfect one for the job. Whilst I guess most people think of the .5 from games and the notoriety of say the Barrett what that calibre does do is add an awful lot of weight but also a great deal of wear and tear to a barrel. With accuracy paramount (obviously) a sniper will spend a great deal of time establishing how things work by firing shots etc. More shots, more damage. Also the Very Low Drag bullets make a big difference in how things work.
Indeed. The 8.59mm is heavier and less likely to be deflected the greater the distance fired than the 7.62mm. It's lower kinetic energy compared to the .50 means it's primary use is anti-personnel.
Snipers need to account for every single detail, even to their finger position and trigger weight. It is not easy or for the impatient. Comparing COD or similar to the reality is like comparing flying a paper aeroplane to piloting a F22 Raptor.
This is indeed what I learnt today from our good friend. That a sniper holds his nerve - never reacts emotionally - always displays judgement - and of course hides in plain sight (or tank transporters).
Haha. I think he realised that OCuk wasn't full of kids whose experience was limited to CoD and BF2 and that he'd been busted. He basically committed hari-kari with his last post!
I would be suprised if he was ever in the Army at all tbh.
Helluva Shot by Craig Harrison, two single entry killshots at 900metres or so beyond the effective range of the LRR is something else. The weather and elevation conditions must have been perfect. Be The Best....indeed he is.
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Could you imagine the outcry though if snipers could shoot at such distances as these in games - there's enough camping **** as it it. I guess they'd have to model the ballistics to the point of frustration and find a mechanism where you had to sit in one spot for ages not move and wet yourself occasionally. On second thoughts this would come quite easily to some MMO players.
iirc the last 2 records where held by .5's.
Not a Barrett though a tac 50 and a modified Browning m2.
Things such as regular shaped things looking closer than irregular shaped ones. For example a house would appear closer than a tree. Target contrast needs to be considered, if the sun is behind you, the target seems closer, a partly exposed target looks farther away and then there's windspeed, elevation, atmospheric pressure, and that's just a small part of range estimation which in turn is only a small part of the shot.
To make it more realistic, make the mouse 7kg in weight and make them hold
it for several hours, before pulling a trigger which has a pull weight ratio of 2kg. I think camping would become very unpopular.....
Yeah your not gonna see sniper records set often with the barrett and other .50 rifles as they are primarily anti material. Tho quite a lot of sniper records have actually been set with high cal machineguns (obviously firing single shot).
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One was a mcmillian Tac-50, Cpl Fulong at 2430m. The next was another Canadian Cpl Perry again with a Tac-50 at 2310m. Previous it was held by Carlos Hathcock with a M2 .50, at 2286m during the Vietnam war, he died aged 56 in 1999 with a record of 93 confirmed kills.
Tac-50 is dual purpose anti material/anti-personnel I should have been a little more specific. What I was trying to say is your not gonna see many records with the high end (anti material) sniper rifles made popular in games like CS, COD, etc.
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No you're right. The previous record for a L115A3 was about 1800m iirc, Tbh there isn't too much difference between the .50 and .338 magnum round at ranges up to 1000m or so. The anti-materiel SASRs like the Tac-50 and the AS50 are a lot heavier than the L115A3 which is also a dual purpose LRR, the A/M is limited at extreme long range due the rounds lack of kinetic energy. All things considered at half the weight of an AS50, M82 or a Tac-50, it's probably a better all round option.
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And that will be why there is a target record and a kill record, to differentiate the two.
Dunno how true it is, but I heard from a man who knows that there are only a dozen M200 Interventions in service, which is probably why they aren't hitting the record books, tbh there isn't much difference between any of them, weight and tactical considerations aside.
The M200 has some serious design flaws though, non standard rounds meaning logistical problems especially in theatres such as Afghanistan, interchangability concerns and not being able to resupply from heavier support units makes it impractical. Basically it's just a rejigged windrunner.
It holds the record for best group at a distance, 3 shots within 40cm at 2,120m, but that's about it afaik.