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Topic: MOVIE CLIP How to make a good Taliban!!!!!!!!!!!! (Read 392 times)
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Jim Hickson
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Jim
I don’t know if you’ve seen this, but it’s worth passing on.
I am not sure if the attribution to Canadian snipers is entirely accurate, but the shooting certainly is. The first shot must be at fairly short range based on the time between the shot being fired and bullet impact. The last seems to be at quite long range based on the same factors.
Joe
Canadian Snipers in Afghanistan
These video shots were not made through the shooter's telescopic sight. They
were 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.
Canadian snipers use .50 calibre rifles. A .50 cal. round is about 7-8
inches long and the cartridge 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, the longest recorded and confirmed
sniper shot in history. The previous record of 2,250 meters 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
(1 ½ miles!}
The Canadian snipers fire special 50-calibre McMillan sniper 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 and three standard rifles Canadian (C7s), one of them
with a 203mm grenade launcher.
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Awesome!
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Holy moly Jim, what a video.. am glad i wasnt at the end of the bullets....whooooeeeee, thanks for getting this up.. I wont ask how many bad guys have met the end this way....war......ranrad
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Hi Jim another good one some real good shots way to go guys.
Don
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Some great shooting 4 sure.
Don't want to be the spoiler on this one, but I seen it on other sights youtube I believe. There it is attributed to
a couple of guys shooting rodents or goats for a varmit control video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJA1xd9UXHs
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Jim Hickson
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Hi Geoff
Just in case it is for real, not bad eh.
Jim
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1962-1965 Germany B-C-D-A Coy (Revecated Nov 64)
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1973-1977 CFOCS Chilliwack Prom WO
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1982-1984 SIT School
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Hi Jim
Really Fantastic
I'm sure the effect would be similar scalping with a 50 Cal. 
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Oscar winning performance. Great video.
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