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> > Canadian Snipers in Afghanistan video attached - read
> article first 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 caliber 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 (7565 ft/1.43 miles), the
> longest recorded and
> > confirmed sniper shot in history. The previous record
> of 2,250 meters
> (7369
> > ft/1.4 miles) 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 (7860 feet/1.48 miles).. 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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> > 07:54:00(See attached file:
> Making_a_Good_Taliban.wmv)
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