ya gotta love it...
Posted on 03/31/2014 3:00:21 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
British sniper in Afghanistan kills six Taliban with one bullet
Lance Corporal in the Coldstream Guards hit trigger switch of suicide bomber whose device then exploded, Telegraph learns
By Holly Watt, Sterga 2, Helmand province, Afghanistan
10:15PM BST 31 Mar 2014
A British sniper in Afghanistan killed six insurgents with a single bullet after hitting the trigger switch of a suicide bomber whose device then exploded, The Telegraph has learnt.
The 20-year-old marksman, a Lance Corporal in the Coldstream Guards, hit his target from 930 yards (850 metres) away, killing the suicide bomber and five others around him caught in the blast.
The incident in Kakaran in southern Afghanistan happened in December but has only now been disclosed as Britain moves towards the withdrawal of all combat soldiers by the end of the year.
Lt Col Richard Slack, commanding officer of 9/12 Royal Lancers, said the unnamed sharpshooter prevented a major attack by the Taliban, as a second suicide vest packed with 20kg (44lbs) of explosives was found nearby.
The same sniper, with his first shot on the tour of duty, killed a Taliban machine-gunner from 1,465 yards (1,340m).
Several hundred British and Afghan soldiers were carrying out an operation in December when they were engaged in a gun battle with 15 to 20 insurgents.
“The guy was wearing a vest. He was identified by the sniper moving down a tree line and coming up over a ditch,” said Lt Col Slack. “He had a shawl on. It rose up and the sniper saw he had a machine gun.
“They were in contact and he was moving to a firing position. The sniper engaged him and the guy exploded. There was a pause on the radio and the sniper said.....
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Thank goodness, they've all been disarmed.
If true, and UK media seem to be more trustworthy.....friggin’ awesome...and efficient.;-)
Yes, this is a case for which the word “hero” should be used. (I get so sick of sports stars being described as heroes.)
May God bless and keep this man.
“Order up 432 virgins........or raisins, whatever”.
Sgt. York?
If it was recorded those pricks in charge would never let us see it. Leak it! Leak it!
I just love a happy ending!
“I do have around 20 boxes of 6.5X55 Lapua Match for my old Swedish Mauser.”
The “Swede” is a wonderful caliber, cartridge and rifle to play with.
The 6.5 MM is a great combination of sectional density and ballistic coefficient.
ya gotta love it...
I agree. It seems the 6.5X55 pretty much hit the sweet spot for caliber, power, recoil, penetration etc. The 6mm Remington might be even better. Maybe the 6.5mm Jap would also be a good compromise.
The .243 strikes me as a good one too. Probably a large number of similar cartridges would be as good but I still think the Swedish Mauser got it right.
Nice shot.
Really nice!
You asked where you could get a scope able to zero at 1.6 miles and being a smart aleck I linked you to the USMC recruiting offices.
Niiiiice!
wow!
I have a 6.5 X 50R wildcat in a Contender. Fantastic caliber and very balanced for performance and efficiency.
Oh dang! I thought the same thing!
Said to myself, gotta shoot one of those. Got the chance and shot a Mark V Accumark at the range. Thought my shoulder was going to pop out. That is some ferocious recoil energy there. Good to know our snipers have such a tool at their disposal.
With some of the newer powders a 6.5X50 might be a good really good cartridge.
Those cats I shot with my 6 did not carry their own explosives but I still got six of them even though I did have to run in and 44mag a few stragglers.
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