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Posted by George (AB) on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 at 17:41:16 :
In Reply to: What model of rifle? ntxt posted by Ken Dunnington on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 at 16:16:54 :
The longest-ever confirmed sniper kill was made by Master Cpl. Arron Perry of the Canadian Armed Forces in Afghanistan during combat in 2003. Using a .50-caliber MacMillan TAC-50 rifle, Perry shot and killed an Afghan soldier from a distance of 2,430 metres.
The record was set during Operation Anaconda when a Canadian three-man sniper team from the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, (PPCLI), set the new record with a shot on a Taliban fighter
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