Saturday, May 8, 2010

Nice shooting, Tex Hamish

The Brits are kicking our butts with long range sniper fire. First a double mile-and-a-half kill, and now a sniper who took out five tangos at a mile out, in 30 seconds:

A British sniper shot dead five Taliban gunmen in just 28 seconds to save the lives of comrades walking into an ambush.

The marksman felled the rebels from more than a mile away as they prepared to attack troops on foot patrol in Afghanistan.

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Former SAS commander Andy McNab said: 'To bring down five targets in less than 30 seconds is a real achievement. When shot at, humans react just like animals. There are a couple of seconds where they will freeze, then they hit the ground or run.

'In this case the sniper would have had to hit, and kill, a moving target at a considerable distance.'



Jolly well done to the unidentified (for security reasons) sniper. Perhaps we can get a friendly competition going with our boys in the 'stan? First team to 100? I'll buy the beer!

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

While I have a little trouble with the idea of going three for three at 2700 yards with .338 Lapua Magnum, I can much more easily believe five hits out of 14 or so at 1600 yards in under 30 seconds. This is a considerable feat in its own right, particularly with a bolt-action rifle and five-round magazines.

Jim

Conant said...

The quotation makes it sound like McNab was the commanding officer of the whole SAS regiment, when in fact he was a highly decorated senior NCO, now an action book writer.