# Can a sniper shoot accurately through a glass window? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 10, 2006, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-sniper-shoot-accurately-through-a-glass-window/339304 "2006-01-10T14:06:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-sniper-shoot-accurately-through-a-glass-window/339304/21 "2006-01-10T20:35:58Z")
> [@Stranger On A Train](#): > > Point of note: 600 yards/meters is about a practical maximum range for a .30 caliber rifle (7.62 NATO, .30-06, .300 Win Mag). Ranges of up to 1500 meters with the .50BMG round are plausible. Longer shots have been taken, but these are the exception rather than the rule. Oops. I meant to say _feet_, not yards. Thanks for the correction/adjustment, Stranger. I think you and Padeye are probably the two most consistently correct (and thorough) guys on technical firearms questions here. Not to say that others aren’t good, too, but you two guys seem a shade better. The remainder of your post is appreciated, too. ---
**Author:** ![Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-sniper-shoot-accurately-through-a-glass-window/339304/22 "2006-01-10T20:50:45Z")
\*\*“Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry”? \*\* Now THAT will strike terror in the hearts of your enemy. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-sniper-shoot-accurately-through-a-glass-window/339304/23 "2006-01-10T20:57:23Z")
> [@Carnac the Magnificent!](#): > > \*\* > Now THAT will strike terror in the hearts of your enemy. Nearest I can figger, the name must be some kind of taunting tactic. I mean can you imagine the humiliation of finding out that your entire unit has been paralyzed and decimated by a trio of poofs from “Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry”? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-sniper-shoot-accurately-through-a-glass-window/339304/24 "2006-01-10T21:23:29Z")
You dis the Pats at your own risk, or so I’ve heard because I’ve never been brave enough to try it face-to-face. I had a PPCLI instructor once. He looked like he hung out with Thor. ---
**Author:** ![Sgt.Pepper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Sgt.Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sgt.Pepper)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-sniper-shoot-accurately-through-a-glass-window/339304/25 "2006-01-10T21:25:01Z")
This is what **Carnac** was referring to. > [@](#): > > In 2002, during Operation Anaconda, a three-man sniper team from Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry set a new record for farthest combat kill. They killed a Taliban soldier at over 2400 metres with a .50 calibre sniper rifle. [Wiki cite, if my coding works](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Patricia's_Canadian_Light_Infantry#Afghanistan_and_the_.E2.80.98War_on_Terrorism.E2.80.99) ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-sniper-shoot-accurately-through-a-glass-window/339304/26 "2006-01-10T21:32:12Z")
> [@Bryan Ekers](#): > > You dis the Pats at your own risk, or so I’ve heard because I’ve never been brave enough to try it face-to-face. I had a PPCLI instructor once. He looked like he hung out with Thor. Yeah, all comedy aside, I should probably retract that one. That or make damn sure I never get within 2400 meters of a member of the PPCLI. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-sniper-shoot-accurately-through-a-glass-window/339304/27 "2006-01-10T22:25:46Z")
> [@Stranger On A Train](#): > > A designated marksman is sort of a close-range sniper; think Tom Sizemore’s character in _Saving Private Ryan_.) Nitpick, but I believe Barry Pepper was the marksman in SPR. Sizemore was Hanks’ NCO. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-sniper-shoot-accurately-through-a-glass-window/339304/28 "2006-01-11T01:53:54Z")
> [@Carnac the Magnificent!](#): > > \*\*“Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry”? \*\* > > Now THAT will strike terror in the hearts of your enemy. 😉 It will if they know anything about the PPCLI. Canadian soldiers have excelled in Afghanistan, and the U.S. military raves about them. Our guys are very good. ---
**Author:** ![Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-sniper-shoot-accurately-through-a-glass-window/339304/29 "2006-01-11T02:52:04Z")
> [@Sam Stone](#): > > It will if they know anything about the PPCLI. > > Canadian soldiers have excelled in Afghanistan, and the U.S. military raves about them. Our guys are very good. Absolutely no doubt about it, but the “Princess” thing does inspire shock and awe. “Patricia” doesn’t do them a lot of favors either. ---
**Author:** ![Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-sniper-shoot-accurately-through-a-glass-window/339304/30 "2006-01-11T02:53:09Z")
er, that should be: does NOT inspire yadda yadda yadda See, the lads are already getting to me :::tremble::: 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-sniper-shoot-accurately-through-a-glass-window/339304.md?page=1)