Longest confirmed sniper kill

[Truck Shop]

Almost two miles.  https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/2017/06/22/canadian-solider-breaks-record-longest-confirmed-sniper-kill/103110110/

[41chevy]

30 minutes ago, Truck Shop said:

Almost two miles.  https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/2017/06/22/canadian-solider-breaks-record-longest-confirmed-sniper-kill/103110110/

 

This is the man from my war, who had the record before this.I can't imagine what he would have done with a modern rifle and optics.  His first sniper rifle was a Winchester Model 70 .30-06 with an 8-power Unertl scope His last was a M-2 on a tri pod that he made a scope mount for.

http://www.military.com/marine-corps-birthday/carlos-hathcock-famous-marine-corps-sniper.html

Edited June 23, 2017 by 41chevy

[carlotpilot]

that is what gun control is all about     

[HeavyGunner]

1 hour ago, 41chevy said:

 

This is the man from my war, who had the record before this.I can't imagine what he would have done with a modern rifle and optics.  His first sniper rifle was a Winchester Model 70 .30-06 with an 8-power Unertl scope His last was a M-2 on a tri pod that he made a scope mount for.

http://www.military.com/marine-corps-birthday/carlos-hathcock-famous-marine-corps-sniper.html

Carlos was a bad ass. Read his book White Feather more than once. Now I preface this next sentence with I highly respect anyone in the armed forces and this is not to take anything away from Chris Kyle. To me there is is no comparison between the two. Yes Kyle has more kills than hathcock, but hathcock did it by himself behind enemy lines with far less advanced gear. Many parts of his book give me the chills just thinking about the balls, bravery and composure it took to hunt down an enemy on their turf with so much cover for them to hide in. I'd be scared to death every step of the way if it we me trudging forward in unknown country looking for snipers, troops, booby traps and whatever else you might find there. Again thank you Paul and all our vets for what you do. On a side note Ed Kuegler has a very good biography about going through one of the earliest sniper training classes I'd guess you'd call it in Vietnam when they were first floating the idea about bringing snipers back for the first time since WWII. 

[General Ike]

The movie "Sniper" with Tom Berenger is loosely based on Carlos' life. Most notably the long crawl to take out a VC leader that took three days, as well as the scene where he shoots the enemy sniper though his own scope (essentially coming within a millisecond of his own life).

[HeavyGunner]

The sneak on the vc leader was one of he best parts. I saw an interview with Carlos and he said it took 3 days to sneak into position. He said he didn't move until the breeze blew so the grass was moving all around him concealing his moves. He also said he crawled on his side to leave less of a "path" behind him. He also stated that he didn't think he'd live through that mission. He figured once he took out the leader he'd be killed but by some stroke of luck the guards thought the shot came From behind them so they shot up a hillside while he made a stealthy, hasty exit. 

[41chevy]

1 hour ago, HeavyGunner said:

The sneak on the vc leader was one of he best parts. I saw an interview with Carlos and he said it took 3 days to sneak into position. He said he didn't move until the breeze blew so the grass was moving all around him concealing his moves. He also said he crawled on his side to leave less of a "path" behind him. He also stated that he didn't think he'd live through that mission. He figured once he took out the leader he'd be killed but by some stroke of luck the guards thought the shot came From behind them so they shot up a hillside while he made a stealthy, hasty exit. 

Carlo's had 98 confirmed kills but said he has another 200+ when his spotter didn't follow him. He would go in the field for weeks on end. He lost 30 pounds on one foray. His most regrettable was a VC ammo runner about 14 or 15 on a bicycle. Carlo's shot the bike out from under the kid and thought the kid would run away. Unfortunately the kid picked up his AK and loaded a magazine and fired on Carlos. It was ended immediately following that.

We learned the same lesson my dad learned in Bavaria, when his unit ran into a Hitler Youth Werewolf unit of mostly 13 to 16 year old boys.  Lesson being a kid can kill you just as easy as an adult.

Edited June 25, 2017 by 41chevy