A sniper with Canada’s Joint Task Forces-2 in Iraq has broken previous records for a killing shot from a distance of 3,450 metres, reported Toronto-based The Globe and Mail.
The sniper reportedly shot at an Islamic State insurgent from a high-rise building with a McMillan TAC-50 sniper rifle, taking under 10 seconds to hit the target.
Speaking to the newspaper, a military source said:
The shot in question actually disrupted a Daesh [Islamic State] attack on Iraqi security forces.
Insisting that the operation fell within the ambit of the government’s advise and assist mission, he added that “precise application of force” was necessary to ensure “the bad guys didn’t have a clue what was happening.”
The earlier record for the longest killing shot was held by a British sniper named Craig Harrison, who shot a Taliban gunner with a 338 Lapua Magnum rifle from 2,475 metres away in 2009, reported the daily.
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