Okay, so maybe not a headshot, but still...
Sorry, no pics. Just the article.
There's an account in the link from the Sgt.
Sorry, no pics. Just the article.
There's an account in the link from the Sgt.
Two 10th Mountain Division snipers took out an enemy target over a mile away during a firefight in Afghanistan.
That's close to 500 meters farther than the estimated effective range of their MK-13 sniper rifles.
The account of the feat is included in a story by Sgt. Rob Frazier of the 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.
He says that during a firefight, six insurgents were spotted on a hill, one of them carrying a Rocket-propelled Grenade.
At a range of 1,696 meters, Spc. Jonathan Perrell served as spotter and Sgt. Patrick Polley pulled the trigger, eliminating the target.
The MK-13 has an estimated effective range of 1.200 meters.
Perrell and Polley earned the thanks of 10th Mountain Division Commander Maj. General James Terry who visited 3rd BCT troops on the ground in Afghanistan last week.
Originally posted by: nick1985
Pretty sweet.
Wasnt there an article of some british troops that took out someone at a crazy distance as well?
Originally posted by: Thorny
I like how in the link they say the rifle has a range of "only 1200 meters"
It takes exceptional skill to hit targets at ranges of 800+ yards. There are not very many calibers that are effective over 1000 yards, and there are relatively few people that have the skill to hit anything at that range.
Originally posted by: MixMasterTang
Originally posted by: Thorny
I like how in the link they say the rifle has a range of "only 1200 meters"
It takes exceptional skill to hit targets at ranges of 800+ yards. There are not very many calibers that are effective over 1000 yards, and there are relatively few people that have the skill to hit anything at that range.
Well, I am sure the only people issued that specific rifle by the military and highly trained snipers, so anyone with that rifle would/should be considered effective at hitting targets within that range.
Originally posted by: SonnyDaze
Originally posted by: MixMasterTang
Originally posted by: Thorny
I like how in the link they say the rifle has a range of "only 1200 meters"
It takes exceptional skill to hit targets at ranges of 800+ yards. There are not very many calibers that are effective over 1000 yards, and there are relatively few people that have the skill to hit anything at that range.
Well, I am sure the only people issued that specific rifle by the military and highly trained snipers, so anyone with that rifle would/should be considered effective at hitting targets within that range.
Every Marine that graduates the USMC Scout Sniper School is required to effectively engage targets at 1000 yards with the M40 sniper rifle prior to graduating.
Originally posted by: dartworth
Carlos Hathcock > *
athcock only once removed the white feather from his bush hat while deployed in Vietnam.[10] During a volunteer mission days before the end of his first deployment, he crawled over 1,500 yards of field to shoot an NVA commanding general.[8][10][11] He wasn't informed of the details of the mission until he was en route to his insertion point aboard a helicopter.[12] This effort took four days and three nights, without sleep, of constant inch-by-inch crawling.[8][10][11] In Carlos's words, one enemy soldier (or "hamburger" as Carlos called them), "shortly after sunset", almost stepped on him as he lay camouflaged with grass and vegetation in a meadow.[2] At one point he was nearly bitten by a bamboo viper but had the presence of mind to avoid moving and giving up his position.[11] As the general exited his vehicle Carlos fired a single shot that struck the general in the chest, killing him.[8][10][11] He had to crawl back instead of run when soldiers started searching.[8][10][11]
Originally posted by: dartworth
Carlos Hathcock > *
Originally posted by: adairusmc
Originally posted by: dartworth
Carlos Hathcock > *
Chuck Mawhinney > Carlos Hathcock
By at least an order of magnutide
Originally posted by: Train
Originally posted by: adairusmc
Originally posted by: dartworth
Carlos Hathcock > *
Chuck Mawhinney > Carlos Hathcock
By at least an order of magnutide
103 confirmed kills to 93 is hardly a large margin. Quality is way more important than quantity when it comes to sniping.
Hathcock scored hella points for taking out a General. in the NVA 1 general was worth about a million regulars. Did Mawhinney take out any high value targets?