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World-Record Sniper Kill in Ukraine
Gunpowder Magazine ^ | December 20, 2023 | Warren Gray

Posted on 01/05/2024 4:39:55 AM PST by Twotone

“An experimental weapon, with experimental

ammunition…Let’s experiment.”

— British actor Alan Rickman,

Quigley Down Under, 1990.

At high noon on November 18, 2023, 58-year-old Vyacheslav Kovalskiy, a Ukrainian sniper assigned to the Sluzhba Bezpeky Ukrainy (Security Service of Ukraine, or SBU) Special Group “Alpha,” an elite, special operations, or SpetsNaz, unit, broke the existing world record for the longest confirmed sniper kill in history, at a mind-boggling 3,800 meters (2.36 miles!) near Kherson, Ukraine. The previous record was held by a Canadian JTF2 counterterrorist unit sniper in Iraq, at 3,540 meters (2.2 miles) in May 2017, with a McMillan TAC-50A1 (C15A1 in Canadian service) rifle.

The SBU press office announced on November 19, 2023, that, “The SBU sniper set a world record. He hit a Russian soldier (an officer) from an incredible distance. SBU snipers are changing the rules of world sniping, demonstrating the ability to work effectively at fantastic distances.” The SBU added that the shot had broken the previous world record by approximately 260 meters (just over 850 feet).

The massive, six-foot-long sniper rifle that achieved this significant milestone was the Ukrainian-made, MAYAK Volodar Obriyu (“Horizon’s Lord”), bolt-action, single-shot, anti-matériel rifle, chambered in 12.7x114mm HL (the HL stands for Horizon’s Lord, indicating a unique and proprietary cartridge). This brand-new (since 2021) weapon was specifically developed due to a “need for an anti-matériel and sniper weapon system that would have a longer effective range and flatter trajectories than the rifles chambered in .50 BMG (12.7x99mm NATO).”

(Excerpt) Read more at gunpowdermagazine.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Ukraine
KEYWORDS: banglist; sniper; ukraine
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To: Twotone

Extreme long range shooting: What is it and what’s the appeal? (07/10/2017)

https://www.guns.com/news/2017/07/10/extreme-long-range-shooting

(photo: Jim Spinella pings a target 4,549 yards, or 2.58 miles, with an Extreme Long Range Tactical rifle chambered in 375 Cheytac.)

By most accounts, ELR constitutes shooting past the 1,500 yard mark with groups like Hill Country testing the capabilities of their setups out past 2 miles. At those ranges, a myriad of factors go into the success or failure of the shot.


History lesson:

The Second Battle of Adobe Walls on June 27, 1874. (Billy Dixon’s 1500 yard rifle shot)

Billy Dixon’s Memories of the Second Battle of Adobe Walls Part 1 (Jun 29, 2022)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q2U5-x48EQ
https://www.texashistorylessons.com/billy-dixons-memories-of-the-second-battle-of-adobe-walls-part-1/

Billy Dixon’s Memories of the Second Battle of Adobe Walls Part 2 (Jul 1, 2022)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThAUVKOJEXI
https://www.texashistorylessons.com/billy-dixons-memories-of-the-second-battle-of-adobe-walls-part-2/

A Closer Look at the Second Battle of Adobe Walls (Jul 14, 2022)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Hp6weaY-S0
https://www.texashistorylessons.com/a-closer-look-at-the-second-battle-of-adobe-walls/


Life and Adventures of ‘Billy’ Dixon (autobiography, copyright 1914) free download no copyright issues.
A Narrative in which is Described many things Relating to the Early Southwest

Author: Billy Dixon, Frederick Samuel Barde

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/45075/45075-h/45075-h.htm


21 posted on 01/05/2024 5:39:58 AM PST by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: Dennis M.

Using .308 as an example (I know, that’s way off versus this cartridge and load) ...

The bullet drop at 1000 y is ~300 inches. So ... this round might drop [9 second flight] close to ~900 inches or more at 3000 meters?

If my math is right, that’s a 22+ meter drop. Roughly 75 feet. That’s a helluva BDC on that scope...

Disclaimer: all of the prior is armchair speculation.


22 posted on 01/05/2024 5:44:46 AM PST by Blueflag
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To: Gaffer

It is unlikely that the sound arrived before the bullet as sound travels about 300-400 meters per second. So since it looks like the two targets are moving after the bullet arrives I would be inclined to think that if the bullet did not hit either of them then whatever it did hit alerted the targets who then took cover. If the bullet actually hit either of them but was not a fatal hit, bleeding out very soon is most likely as a bullet that size will make a very large hole in the body, maybe two (entry & exit).


23 posted on 01/05/2024 5:45:48 AM PST by ByteMercenary (Cho Bi Dung and KamalHo are not my leaders.)
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To: ByteMercenary

I didn’t say the sound got there before the bullet. I know the bullet here likely travels faster than the sound. The bullet could have been far amiss and not even in the FOV of the two and sound alerted them. I just didn’t time it from the time of the crack to them going down. Regardless, I don’t call that a kill.


24 posted on 01/05/2024 5:53:22 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Twotone

Already posted:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4201931/posts?page=1

https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4198230/posts?page=38


25 posted on 01/05/2024 5:56:38 AM PST by daniel1212 (Turn 2 the Lord Jesus who saves damned+destitute sinners on His acct, believe, b baptized+follow HIM)
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To: dforest

“”””Ukraine is known for Ghost of Kiev type bragging.””””

If they were then we wouldn’t still be hearing about the Ghost of Kyiv.


26 posted on 01/05/2024 5:59:56 AM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: Twotone

The SBU press office announced on November 19, 2023, that, “The SBU sniper set a world record. He hit a Russian soldier (an officer) from an incredible distance. ...

I believe nothing coming out of Ukraine or Russia.


27 posted on 01/05/2024 6:15:43 AM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

Perhaps RevMom can confirm it . . . /s


28 posted on 01/05/2024 6:24:23 AM PST by Charlemagne on the Fox
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To: Blueflag
Watch “ 5023 yards 24" x 24" target ULR shooting” at 5:37 to see what the target looks like at 5,023 yards.

With all the ammo spent on zeroing in on the target at these ranges, I don’t see how one shot could hit the target without extraordinary good luck.

29 posted on 01/05/2024 6:24:36 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: Twotone

Yea someone’s brains got blown out, woo hoo! Let’s party.


30 posted on 01/05/2024 6:25:07 AM PST by The Louiswu (Pray for Peace in the world.)
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To: daniel1212

I searched on the title.


31 posted on 01/05/2024 7:00:07 AM PST by Twotone (I used to worry there'd be a civil war. Now I worry there won't be. - Mark Steyn)
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To: Blueflag

> optics

I believe the article only says “Japanese.”


32 posted on 01/05/2024 7:01:04 AM PST by old-ager
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To: All

Let’s see, an anti-material rifle shooting anti-matter bullets . . yeah that oughta’ do the trick.


33 posted on 01/05/2024 7:02:07 AM PST by BipolarBob (My investment choice for 2024 is pre-ban menthol cigarettes. )
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To: ansel12

You hear about it because it is most likely another lie like the ones Zeepers always promote.

Can’t believe a thing coming from corrupt Uke government. Telling the truth once in a while would be a good idea to help with their decreasing popularity.


34 posted on 01/05/2024 7:05:18 AM PST by dforest
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To: Gaffer

Article says the travel was about nine seconds. The sound would have arrived a bit over two seconds later at that distance (2.4 miles).


35 posted on 01/05/2024 7:17:23 AM PST by old-ager
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To: The Louiswu

body shot


36 posted on 01/05/2024 7:17:54 AM PST by old-ager
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To: Blueflag

First stab at this. 3280 MV, 660 grain, G2 drag.

https://shooterscalculator.com/ballistic-trajectory-chart.php?pl=50+BMG&presets=50+BMG%7E50+BMG+750gr+Hornady+A-Max%7EG1%7E1.050%7E750%7E2820%7E100%7E1.5%7E0%7E10%7E90%7Efalse%7E0%7E59%7E29.92%7E50%7Etrue%7E1000%7E25&df=G2&bc=1.050&bw=660&vi=3280&zr=100&sh=1.5&sa=0&ws=10&wa=90&cr=4000&ss=25&chartColumns=Range%7Eyd%60Elevation%7Ein%60Elevation%7EMOA%7EFBFFF5%60Elevation%7EMIL%60Windage%7Ein%60Windage%7EMOA%7EFBFFF5%60Windage%7EMIL%60Time%7Es%60Energy%7Eft.lbf%60Vel%5Bx%2By%5D%7Eft%2Fs&lbl=&submitst=+Create+Graph+


37 posted on 01/05/2024 7:23:33 AM PST by old-ager
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To: maddog55

> I believe nothing coming out of Ukraine or Russia.

Maybe this place will have an announcement at some point

https://www.bartleinbarrels.com/testimonials


38 posted on 01/05/2024 7:31:28 AM PST by old-ager
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To: dforest

We hear about the same thing over and over because there are so few examples of what you claimed.


39 posted on 01/05/2024 7:31:30 AM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: old-ager

I think I am reading that wrong cuz I see a 183’ drop at 3200 yards.

Help??


40 posted on 01/05/2024 7:33:39 AM PST by Blueflag
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