Nuevo record mundial para francotiradores: 1.54 millas = 2477 mts aprox

New York Post Updated: Sun., May. 2, 2010, 7:13 AM home
Sniper kills Qaeda-from 1½ mi. away

By LUKAS I. ALPERT

Last Updated: 7:13 AM, May 2, 2010

Posted: 4:19 AM, May 2, 2010

It was silent but deadly.

A British sniper set a world sharpshooting record by taking out two Taliban soldiers in Afghanistan from more than a mile and a half away -- a distance so great, experts say the terrorists wouldn't have even heard the shots.

Craig Harrison killed the two insurgents from an astounding distance of 8,120 feet -- or 1.54 miles -- in Helmand Province last November firing an Accuracy International L11583 long-range rifle.

"The first round hit a machine-gunner in the stomach and killed him outright," said Harrison, a corporal of horse in the British Army's Household Cavalry, the equivalent of a sergeant in the American military.

"The second insurgent grabbed the weapon and turned as my second shot hit him in the side. He went down, too," Harrison told the Sunday Times of London.

The shots -- measured via GPS -- surpassed the previous record held by Canadian Army Cpl. Rob Furlong, who killed an al Qaeda gunman from 7,972 feet in 2002.

Harrison's shots were roughly equal to the distance between the Statue of Liberty and Battery Park.

Experts called Harrison's sharp shooting as perfect as it gets.

"When you are shooting that far, if you miss by a hair, you miss by a mile," said John Plaster, a retired US Army sharp-shooting instructor and author of "The Ultimate Sniper." "That is about as precise as any marksmen on the planet could shoot."

He said Harrison's targets likely never knew what was coming.

"At a distance like that they cannot even see anyone and they would not even hear the muzzle report," Plaster said.

Harrison, who fired the bullets while his colleagues were under fire, said perfect weather helped him nail the perfect shot.

"[There was] no wind, mild weather, clear visibility," he said.

Harrison learned of his record nine days ago, when he returned to England. In the weeks after his record shot, he suffered a minor gunshot wound and broke his arms when his vehicle hit a roadside bomb.

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TU-160 Tupolev escribió:WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Felicidades al Sniper Britanico, ojala hubiera Mexicanos asi.

lalodb escribió:

un Soldado Mexicano jamas podria traer un tatuaje como el de este cuate...

C R P escribió:

TU-160 Tupolev escribió:WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Felicidades al Sniper Britanico, ojala hubiera Mexicanos asi.

Yo pienso que en este caso..no podemos recriminar a nuestros compatriotas por algo asi..ya que en Mexico como todos sabemos...no hay las herramientas que en otros paises...yo creo que en este caso ..podemos decir de lo que es capaz de hacer un ser humano totalmente entrenado y con el equipo apropiado..!!!

NO se si se tenga el entrenamiento apropiado aqui en Mexico pero las armas ....no lo creo..

zsiiEn escribió:

lalodb escribió:

un Soldado Mexicano jamas podria traer un tatuaje como el de este cuate...

Si aqui dejaran tener tatuajes, yo ya estuviera en el ejercito y conosco varios que tambien.

Volviendo al tema, felicidades para ese militar, yo desde pequeño siempre he soñado con ser francotirador, lastima que uso lentes y no creo poder ser apto, un dia vere que un mexicano rompe el record.

Spoiler:

zsiiEn escribió:

lalodb escribió:

un Soldado Mexicano jamas podria traer un tatuaje como el de este cuate...

Si aqui dejaran tener tatuajes, yo ya estuviera en el ejercito y conosco varios que tambien.

Volviendo al tema, felicidades para ese militar, yo desde pequeño siempre he soñado con ser francotirador, lastima que uso lentes y no creo poder ser apto, un dia vere que un mexicano rompe el record.

mossad escribió:

será el impedimento usar lentes para un francotirador? alguien que sepa la respuesta? no creo.. pero que opinan los que saben?

Jaz223 escribió:A ESA distancia toooodo importa para dar en el blanco, algo que demuestra que no fue suerte es que fueron dos,ahora, alguien me podria decir si es verdad,que mientras mas lejos este el target,la bala llega y pega con mas libras de presion?