PapaJu Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1273679/Gone-28-seconds-Rapid-sniper-takes-Taliban-soldiers-protect-British-patrol.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
08Dawg Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Get some! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Raptor08 Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Couldn't think of a better use for those 8.59mm rounds. Excellent work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Extremely impressive work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 British snipers are all over the news today. This guy only killed two Taliban. But set a sharpshooting record for distance. 8,124 feet. That's so far they wouldn't of even heard the shots. 1 1/2 mile sniper kill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M2 Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 British snipers are all over the news today. This guy only killed two Taliban. But set a sharpshooting record for distance. 8,124 feet. That's so far they wouldn't of even heard the shots. 1 1/2 mile sniper kill Welcome to sunshine! And if you read the above article, you will see it mentions that report... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokin Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 Very impressive, sounds like he shot five bad guys with five shots at over a mile against moving targets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKopack Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 Very impressive, sounds like he shot five bad guys with five shots at over a mile against moving targets. I don't even think I could see a bad guy a mile and a half away... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alarm Red Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 Welcome to sunshine! Wow, great, because everyone references that thread before they post something new and relevant. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M2 Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 Wow, great, because everyone references that thread before they post something new and relevant. Yes, they are expected to Secondly, it was discussed in the link in the original post for this thread. Vertigo's been around long enough to know that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawnman Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 Very impressive, sounds like he shot five bad guys with five shots at over a mile against moving targets. Not at all discounting his achievement, because at that range I couldn't hit five targets witha box of ammo...but he does say it took nine shots to dial in on the first guy. Apparently he found his range, though, because 5 in 28 seconds is not a trivial task. I can't even do that in Modern Warfare 2 against a bunch of cocky teenagers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sky_king Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 damn, from that range it's got to be about 3 or 4 seconds from shot fired to target hit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zrooster99 Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 damn, from that range it's got to be about 3 or 4 seconds from shot fired to target hit. No kidding! I wonder how much drop there is for that round/rifle in ~5300'... Damn near indirect fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawnman Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 (edited) No kidding! I wonder how much drop there is for that round/rifle in ~5300'... Damn near indirect fire. The story says that the longest range shot (the 1.54 mile one) would have taken 2.64 seconds. Acceleration due to gravity (i.e., how fast the bullet falls) is constant regardless of whether it's fired at mach 10 or dropped straight down. So we can calculate how much drop there was: 1/2*(32ft/sec^2)*2.64^2 = 111 feet. Edited May 9, 2010 by pawnman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoleIt Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Amazing talent those guys have. My best friend is in the 'Stan right now and his platoon sniper nailed a guy (center mass) at 800 meters using an M14 (M21) with iron sights. I thought I was remotely talented just qualifying expert with an M-16A2 when playing around with the Army...but damn. Those guys are magicians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Yes, they are expected to Secondly, it was discussed in the link in the original post for this thread. Vertigo's been around long enough to know that... True, but then again I didn't start a new thread did I? ;) I thought it was relevent to this thread so I posted it. Oh well, pee pee schwacked. No biggie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zrooster99 Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 1/2*(32ft/sec^2)*2.64^2 = 111 feet. Thanks, have a slight averson to doing math in public. 111 feet...indirect fire...checks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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