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They never saw it coming. Canadian Sniper wiping out Taliban snipers in Afghanistan ..... These video shots are not made through the shooter's telescopic sight. They are made looking through the spotter's scope. The spotter lies right next to the sniper and helps the sniper to find and home in on the target. The sniper is using a 50 calibre rifle! A 50 cal. round is about 7-8 inches long and the casing is about an inch in diameter. The bullet itself is one-half inch in diameter and roughly one and one-half inches long.

Pay close attention to the beginning of the video. A Taliban is laying on top of the peak in front of you. When you hear the shot fired, watch what happens. The sniper is also about a half mile away, or more.

A Canadian sniper in Afghanistan has been confirmed as hitting an enemy soldier at a range of 2,310 meters, the longest recorded and confirmed sniper shot in history. The previous record of 2,250 meters was set by US Marine sniper Carlos Hathcock in Vietnam in 1967. The Canadian sniper was at an altitude of 8,500 feet and the target, across a valley, was at 9,000 feet. Canadian sniper units often operated in support of US infantry units, which were grateful for their help. The record lasted only one day, until a second Canadian sniper hit an enemy soldier at 2,400 meters.

The Canadian snipers fire special 50-calibre McMillan tactical rifles, which are bolt-action weapons with five-round magazines. The Canadian snipers were the only Canadian troops operating without helmets or flak jackets as they had too much other equipment to carry. Each three-man team has one sniper rifle, three standard rifles Canadian (C7s), one of them with a 203mm grenade launcher.

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Paying tribute to our armed forces, their sacrifice, selflessness and pride displayed everyday in theatre and out, is the very least we can do.

A powerful message for all Americans Lizzie Palmer who put this YouTube program together is 15 years old. There have been over 3,000,000 hits as of this morning. In case you missed it, here it is. http://www.youtube.com/v/ervaMPt4Ha0&autoplay=1

Next-Gen Scopes for Can't - Miss Snipers. American snipers are already deadly accurate, pinpointing targets from a thousand meters away and farther. Here's a link for the rest of the story: http://blog.wired.com/defense/2007/04/darpa_snipers.html

Murphy’s Laws of Combat: Compliments of Military/Info Publishing which has for sale over 9000 military manuals and articles, organized in 200+ subject headings and currently contains over 400 web pages).

A powerful message for all Americans

Lizzie Palmer who put this YouTube program together is 15 years old.
There have been over 3,000,000 hits as of this morning. In case you missed it,
here it is. http://www.youtube.com/v/ervaMPt4Ha0&autoplay=1

Next-Gen Scopes for Can't - Miss Snipers.
American snipers are already deadly accurate, pinpointing targets from a thousand meters away and farther.
Here's a link for the rest of the story: http://blog.wired.com/defense/2007/04/darpa_snipers.html

Murphy’s Laws of Combat: Compliments of Military/Info Publishing which has for sale over 9000 military manuals and articles,
organized in 200+ subject headings and currently contains over 400 web pages).