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Tango01 | 18 Apr 2018 10:27 p.m. PST |
…This Gun For 1 Reason. "In 1989, the Swedish Army placed the first military order for the Barrett Model M82A1, ordering 100 rifles. In 1990, the U.S. Marine Corps placed an order for 125 M82A1s and the rifles participated in Operation Desert Storm, the campaign to liberate Kuwait. The Marines bought 400 more rifles in the 1990s, and the U.S. Army finally came onboard and purchased the rifle as the M107 in 2002. The utility of the heavy caliber sniper rifle, which as Ronnie Barrett once pointed out can disable a multi-million dollar jet on the ground with a two dollar bullet, has been repeatedly proven over numerous conflicts, including the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and against the Islamic State. One weapon system not only revolutionized the field of military sniping but also created an entire new category of weapon systems. Using an existing large caliber bullet and adapting it to the precision rifle platform, the innovative Barrett M82 sniper rifle practically created the category of large caliber rifles that equip military snipers worldwide to this day…" Main page link Amicalement Armand |
gamershs | 19 Apr 2018 1:22 a.m. PST |
In 1967, Carlos Hathcock set the record for the longest sniper kill. He used an M2 .50 Cal Browning machine gun mounted with a telescopic sight at a range of 2,500 yd (2,286 m), killing a Vietcong guerrilla. I wonder why nobody got the idea sooner. |
Cacique Caribe | 19 Apr 2018 4:45 a.m. PST |
Didn't a Canadian(?) break that record a few months ago? Dan |
PMC317 | 19 Apr 2018 5:39 a.m. PST |
British sniper Craig Harrison killed two Taliban soldiers (a machine-gun team) in 2009 from 2,475m; this was then bested in 2017 by the Canadian Special Operations soldier who shot an ISIS soldier at a range of 3,540m. Information from the BBC, but it's pretty up to date. The Canadian used a McMillan TAC-50, Craig Harrison used an L115A3 Accuracy International AWM. As for telescopic sights on machine guns, people have been doing that since the First World War – the Germans in particular fitted the MG08 with a telescopic sight. |
Cacique Caribe | 19 Apr 2018 7:50 a.m. PST |
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Tango01 | 20 Apr 2018 10:56 a.m. PST |
Incredible!… Amicalement Armand |
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