TIL that the longest known sniper kill occurred in 2017. A member of the Canadian special forces smoked an ISIS fighter at 3,871 yards, which is over 2 miles.

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"Sorry ya hoser!"

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Mind == blown.

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Blown open with a bullet of freedom

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I swear a Canadian had held the previous record way back in Afghanistan. I think he clocked in at just over 2 klicks. I wonder if this is the same dude.

EDIT: Just looked it up. Different guy. A Canadian corporal held the record at 2,657 yd from 2002 to 2009.

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I think history channel had a video about that. He was shooting from one mountain over to another mountain.

[–]Themagicalmidget 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

How do you even compensate for drag and wind this far away? Was it simply a lucky shot with minimal wind, or do snipers have to do advanced forms of math at this distance?