British Sniper takes out ISIS exacutioner from a mile away!

[rdb241]

This is very cool and one hellofa shot!



Sniper takes out ISIS executioner from a mile away | New York Post

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[tac]

Allegedly.

I'm not overly convinced by all these 'miracle' shots - they are all so very similar. Sure, the SF snipers are good, that's why they are SF in the first place, and snipers second, but I'd rather NOT hear just how effective they are, rather like the British Army's snipers back in Northern Ireland got almost no publicity of any kind, except the kind you get when you see a soldier carrying a 'long' around the local area. A few of the opposition, thinking that they were safe shooting across the border, found out the hard way that bullets don't need, or use, passports, but who knows whose fingers were on the triggers?

Shots that we know about, like M/Cpl Rob Furlong's shooting in support of US SF troops back in 2003, and CoH Craig Harrison and his 100% futzing of a Taliban MG team in 2009 are in the public domain. So are a good number of the US exploits from Fallujah, and great shooting it was, too - I'm not denying that in any way, or belittling it - any of it. But the Australian SAS snipers and THEIR tally in Afghanistan remain a mystery. Just that some talib bigwigs never tuned up for meetings and such...that's the way I like it.

There are many soldiers in the British Army with more than fifty hits, and a good few, still in their early twenties, with over a hundred, but who knows who they are? That's the way it should be, IMO.

tac

 

[rdb241]

Tac, there is no news of this over there?

 

[tac]

Yes, it was noted in passing in a couple of newspapers, but in general we don't publish stuff about our SF.

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I hope that clears it up for you.

tac

 

[rdb241]

I don't know what happened but your excerpt did not come through.

 

[STUKA]

I don't know what happened but your excerpt did not come through.

I think that was his point...

 

[Ura-Ki]

I think we here in the U.S. hear about these exploits for Moral purposes and that the real figures are a lot different then that! I also agree with TAC, not publicizing any of it, demoralizes the enemy when they don't even have a bad guy to lay the blame on!
Another thing I find amusing about all this is the way these shots are reported, about the distance involved and the maximum lethal distance and such! A mile shot with a .50 bmg being a long shot? Come on, really? that BMG round is accurate and effective well beyond 2 miles! Me thinks the MSM down plays this quite a bit! Also, that BMG round dos't just punch a neat hole through you, it blows you into several pieces for your buddies to have to pick up!

 

[rdb241]

I think that was his point...

Got it!

 

[RicInOR]

Of course there is this new Firearms News sub forum:

SNIPER TAKES OUT ISIS EXECUTIONER

 

[HuckleberryFun]

I say, jolly good shot, Old Man! (Humming Rule Britannia)