Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 16:07:21 08/01/03
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On July 29, 2003 at 00:31:17, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>Distances they shot at in world war 1 and 2 with sniper rifles must have been a >>few hundreds of meters. > >In WW1 my grandfather was a sniper. He shot at ranges up to 1000 yards. > >In WW2 my father was a sniper. He shot at ranges up to 1000 yards. > >Today, a neighbor down the street is a sniper. He shoots at ranges up to 1000 >yards. > >_nobody_ shoots a sniper rifle at ranges of "kilometers" today. "kilometer" >perhaps. With an occasional attempt at up to 2km with a big 50 cal "rifle". I have to disagree here. I read in the news back at the time that in the war in Afghanistan a Canadian military sniper got the world record for a sniper distance kill. He picked off some al-Qaeda guy from over 2.5 kilometers (over 2700 yards) away. Dave
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