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2006-08-04 Afghanistan

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Posted by Howard UK 2006-08-04 07:56|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The snipers actual toll is probably higher than 39 but the Talibans tendency to reclaim bodies makes deaths difficult to confirm.

yep - 40 is the acknowledged standard toll. Not necessarily by a single guy tho'. They've culled the herd and now 20 is the daily goal

like this part too:

In 2003 Royal Marines sniper Corporal Matt Hughes killed an Iraqi gunman from 900 yards with a wonder shot in which he aimed 56ft to the left and 35ft high to allow for wind. The bullets trajectory was calculated by his spotter after he studied the movement of dust in the breeze

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-08-04 08:18|| 2006-08-04 08:18|| Front Page Top

#2 Carlos Hathcock called that a SWAG, scientific wild ass guess.
With wind strong enough to blow a bullet 56 feet as it travels 900 yards...that's a wonder shot alright.
With snipers, we fight at a more advanced level than the terrorists. We own the night, we own the sky, we own the field. All they have going for them is that they hide among civilians.

Posted by wxjames 2006-08-04 08:45|| 2006-08-04 08:45|| Front Page Top

#3 another interesting comment:

"Earlier this year it was revealed that the Army is creating an elite force of almost 700 snipers, with all 38 infantry battalions required to have an 18-man platoon of sharpshooters by 2008. It will be the first time formal sniper platoons will have existed since the end of the First World War in 1918."

Al

Posted by Frozen Al">Frozen Al 2006-08-04 09:13|| 2006-08-04 09:13|| Front Page Top

#4 Good shooting.

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-08-04 10:06|| 2006-08-04 10:06|| Front Page Top

#5 Headline incomplete. Should read:
Brit Sniper Dispatches 39 Taliban To Hell!

Posted by Dar">Dar 2006-08-04 11:41|| 2006-08-04 11:41|| Front Page Top

#6 a wonder shot in which he aimed 56ft to the left and 35ft high to allow for wind.

I believe it was Dizzy Dean who said it ain't bragging if you can do it.

Posted by SteveS 2006-08-04 12:03|| 2006-08-04 12:03|| Front Page Top

#7 Ony 39? Simo Hayha, a Finnish sniper, is credited with 542.

Posted by w7db 2006-08-04 13:09|| 2006-08-04 13:09|| Front Page Top

#8 And that was before breakfast, using a KP/31.

http://guns.connect.fi/gow/suomi1.html

Posted by Besoeker 2006-08-04 13:25|| 2006-08-04 13:25|| Front Page Top

#9 "Killing" isn't that important. Killing the right people is what counts. I want to see a sniper that takes out the leaders while they're giving the cannon fodder their pep talk. THEN I'll listen to some bragging (and I don't care if it's an A-10 or an AC-130 that does the hosing, as long as it gets the job done).

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2006-08-04 13:34|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2006-08-04 13:34|| Front Page Top

#10 The guys that wacks armanutjob while giving speech on Iranian TV gets my vote for bragging rights.

Posted by djohn66 2006-08-04 13:53|| 2006-08-04 13:53|| Front Page Top

#11 The kind os dispatches one likes to read.

Posted by JohnQC 2006-08-04 16:18|| 2006-08-04 16:18|| Front Page Top

#12 "The Man Who Never Misses".
That's a lot of pressure...cool name though.

Posted by tu3031 2006-08-04 16:32|| 2006-08-04 16:32|| Front Page Top

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