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The World's Longest Sniper Kill: The Enemy Shot Dead at 3,871 Yards (Over 2 Miles Away)
The sniper and his spotter had used a McMillan TAC-50 .50 heavy caliber sniper rifle.
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"The bullet was traveling at 940 feet per second when it hit, which means it slowed to below the speed of sound. "
"Finally, after traveling more than two miles the bullet hit with 1,472 foot pounds of energy, greater than most M16 bullets at point blank range."
Newspaper account of the kill:
Canadian elite special forces sniper makes record-breaking kill shot in Iraq
In mid-2017, the sniping community was rocked by incredible news: a Canadian sniper team operating in the Middle East had made a successful kill at a distance of more than two miles. The team, deployed to fight the Islamic State, killed an ISIS fighter at a distance of 3,871 yards. The shot was a record breaker and more than a thousand yards farther than the previous world record. The shot, which bordered on the impossible, was made only slightly less so by the skill of the snipers involved.
The sniper and his spotter had used a McMillan TAC-50 .50 heavy caliber sniper rifle.
Ballistic data in the article
example:
"The bullet was traveling at 940 feet per second when it hit, which means it slowed to below the speed of sound. "
"Finally, after traveling more than two miles the bullet hit with 1,472 foot pounds of energy, greater than most M16 bullets at point blank range."
Newspaper account of the kill:
Canadian elite special forces sniper makes record-breaking kill shot in Iraq
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