Yes, it would, eventually. Still, when you’re aiming at a target more than a mile and a half away, 120 feet above the target is actually a tiny difference in aim. Think about it- over that range, it’s only a couple degrees different than straight on.
If the bullet has enough force to kill, it has enough force to damage a machine gun. Of course, it depends where you hit it. If the bullet hit the end of the stock, the gun is still usable. But if it impacted the receiver, it probably would render it unable to fire until repaired.
You never know, he could have just gotten a care package after his fourth kill, which means he could have gotten any one of several types of weapons. Boy, would he feel ripped off if he got Counter UAV. What are the odds the Taliban would have UAV?
and you sure do them gooder than any of us do them.
For the people in this thread talking about it being beyond the manufacturer’s stated range for the rifle, if you read again you will see that it is the effective range. In military equipment parlance, that means the maximum range at which a soldier of ordinary skill can use it effectively. It says nothing at all about the range at which someone of extraordinary skill can use it effectively.
Secondly, for people commenting on how the barrel would interfere w/ the scope sight line at that range, I have a rifle from WWI, designed for trench warfare where the trenches of the two sides were frequently far apart. It has regular open sights that adjust up to 2000 meters. When adjusted to that height, the top of the rear sight is only about 3 inches above where it’s at when adjusted for close range. I just measured it. Mount a scope 4 - 5 inches above the barrel, and you’d never see it in the scope at the range the OP shots were made. It wouldn’t be an issue.
Whining about lucky shot for three consecutive on target rounds at a mile and a half is absolute “I never even tried anything similar at a training range with no combat considerations whatsoever” sort of asshole thing to say.
Yes, it takes luck for an extraordinarily skillful marksman to hit a human silhouette at a mile and a half under any conditions. But asshole wanna be ballistics weenies don’t even get to apply for a chance to ever get lucky enough to do it once, much less three times in a row. And saying that from your home computer about a guy on one of several combat zone deployments is a little bit on the pussy side, by the way. I am entirely opposed to the political motives, and goals for this war, and have been from the first bombing run, but belittling the skill and courage of a professional soldier from the comfort of your home is beneath contempt.
Hell of a shot, damn, hell of a second shot, muthafuck! three in a row!
If you want to taunt this guy about his skill, I suppose another country is about the right distance to do it from.
Tris
Could it be some sort of fraud? I suppose so. But it seems to me the combat troops in the area would howl a bit more believably than just some fuckwad on the internet.
To drag out an old Katie Couric quote…she asked the marine sniper what he feels after a kill… “recoil” he answers…
Snipers are a diff breed… I remember being told that people on their side of wary of them. Working alone… piling up kills… It takes a certain amount of detaching… I’m seriously in awe… I’m suppose to goto AR-15 training this fall… I’m sure we’ll discuss this…
I was under the impression that most snipers work with a spotter and sometimes with more people.
Are they not also commonly used for recce, where piling up kills would be detrimental to their ability to gather information?
See, here we go again with the implied threats to the physical well-being of someone with objections. I’d prefer these guys to save their tough guy acts for people who are coming at them with more than words.
Actually when they’re not on ceremonial duty the H.C. are combat soldiers the same as everyone else.
The Welsh Guards seen marching through Red square in the Russians commemoration of V.E. day wearing their bearskins and scarlet uniforms were not long back from Afghan where their commanding officer (A Lieut Col ) was killed in action.
On a slightly different topic I think that everyone is being a bit harsh on IVAN ASTIKOVs viewpoint, he is well known for his caring attitude to mankind in general and he is no doubt equally condemnatory of say…the large number of random murders by rockets and suicide bombers of Israeli civilians by the Palestinians just to posit a totally random example.
Its just that he’s no doubt forgotten to mention it.
I for one see no bias, let alone predujice against the U.K., the U.S.A. or the West in general in his posts, no doubt because he lives in Manchester in England.
There was no implication of any actual threat, only an implication of your cowardice. Pay attention.
Tris
You should link to the pit thread Twickster asked you to make if you’re going to make comments inviting people to it.
That seems a bit much.
I was watching a program on snipers and they interviewed a US sniper with the longest-range recorded kill with the standard issue sniper rifle (name escapes me but it makes sense now that they kept clarifying that it was with this particular rifle) and he explained that his intent was not to kill the enemy sniper that was firing on his comrades. His intent was to get a shot close enough to the sniper that would put that guy on notice that his position was compromised and he needed to stop shooting. He just got lucky that his calculations were right on and he got a centermass shot.
But they drive scimitar tanks into combat, I wouldn’t think that would have much cross over with sniping.
A unit being a cavalry unit doesn’t mean it’s 100% cavalry. It can include ancillary units and specializations. An armor unit could also use lighter vehicles for recce, which can deploy infantry, including snipers.
IIRC, this is exactly what the Canadian had in mind.
The British Army has always made a point of being multi skilled/cross over training.
When the army was in Ireland trying to stop the two communities from butchering each other ALL units had to do BANNER tours, acting as infantry on the ground.
Before they went over they were trained in counter insurgincy and infantry tactics whether they were armoured troops or whatever.
The Army is one Army and we all share each others fate and guard each others backs whatever happens, though of course I must mention that the marines are all Gay and the Paras are all thick, and don’t ask me about the Catering Corps, the sick murdering bastards.
Yes we are all cross trained to a very high level compared with other armies.
This doubtful based on the fact that after the first gunner was killed the second one took his place. But who knows, maybe they take lots of ultra-long shots and miss.
Regardless, that was some mighty fine shootin, Tex.