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| Ukrainian sniper claims new world record after 'picking off Russian soldier from 2.36 miles away using a custom rifle called 'Lord of the Horizon' |
| 2023-11-20 |
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
A Ukrainian sniper claims to be a world record holder after picking off a Russian soldier from 2.36 miles away with a custom rifle called 'Lord of the Horizon'. The unnamed soldier, who serves in Ukraine's security service (SBU), reportedly managed to beat the previous record of 2.2 miles, made by a Canadian special operations sniper in Iraq in 2017. Video reportedly shows the target falling several seconds after the SBU sniper took the shot. A line of three stationary Russian soldiers quickly becomes a line of two as the bullet takes the soldier out at the unknown location. The SBU said: '[Our] snipers are rewriting the rules of global sniping, showcasing unparalleled abilities to operate effectively at remarkable distances.' The Ukrainian military gave no other details, such as when or where it was filmed, nor did it say how it had confirmed the sniper's effort. 'Lord of the Horizon' was developed and made by MAYAK, a Ukrainian arms manufacturer, and comes in at an enormous 6ft in length, the Firearms Blog reports. With the correct ammunition, the rifle can fire bullets that travel faster than the speed of sound for nearly 10,000ft. The shot comes after another Ukrainian sniper claimed to have executed the second-longest combat kill in history in 2022. The unnamed soldier felled a Russian target at a distance of 2,710m – around 1.7 miles – according to Ukraine's military, which last year published what it claimed was footage of the shot looking down the sniper's scope. Footage published last year by the Ukrainian armed forces of their kill showed an image of a man moving among trees before the shooter centres their crosshair on his chest. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #2 14 seconds of flight time for the slug. Basically in a combat zone, a lucky shot. |
| Posted by: badanov 2023-11-20 13:08 |
| #1 Paging Ghost of Kiev |
| Posted by: mossomo 2023-11-20 12:46 |