Killing Taliban from a mile and a half away

[Danno 1,228]

British sniper Craig Harrison (The Silent Assassin) breaks record, kills target from 1.5 miles away

A British soldier dubbed the Silent Assassin has broken a distance record after taking down two targets from a mile and a half away.

Corporal of Horse Craig Harrison, a British Army sniper, killed two Taliban machine gunners in Afghanistan from a distance of 8,120 feet, Sky News reported.

"The first round hit a machine gunner in the stomach and killed him outright. He went straight down and didn't move," the 35-year-old said of the incident, which took place in November 2009.

"The second insurgent grabbed the weapon and turned as my second shot hit him in the side. He went down, too. They were both dead."

Harrison was nearly 3,000 feet beyond the effective range of his British-built L115A3 Long Range Rifle.

The powerful weapon is reportedly only effective up to 4,921 feet, the Daily Mail reported, which is less than a mile.

"Conditions were perfect, no wind, mild weather, clear visibility," Harrison said, according to Sky News.

The father of one child from Gloucestershire in Southwest England pulled off the impressive shots while protecting his commanding officer and several Afghan soldiers, who were on patrol when they were attacked in the Helmand Province.

The sniper's shots broke a record previously held by Cpl. Rob Furlong, a Canadian Forces soldier, who in 2005 killed an Al Qaeda gunman from about 7,972 feet away.

Sgt. Brian Kremer of the United States Army held the record in 2004 with a shot in Iraq that struck its target from about 7,545 feet.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/05/03/2010-05-03_british_sniper_craig_harrison_the_silent_assassin_breaks_record_kills_target_fro.html

[spookyturtle 9,466]

If he was Australian, he could have done it from 2 miles away.

[Heracles 417]

Looks like all that C.O.D and Halo Pays off..

If he was Australian, he could have done it from 2 miles away.

Guess where the majority of Australians are from?

[spookyturtle 9,466]

Looks like all that C.O.D and Halo Pays off..

Guess where the majority of Australians are from?

Mars?

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Long Distance...the next best thing to being there!

[Ban Hammer 13,514]

Mars?

[spookyturtle 9,466]

Actually I should have said Uranus, but I wasn't thinking clearly.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Actually I should have said Uranus, but I wasn't thinking clearly.

you are not from Australia, are you?

[spookyturtle 9,466]

you are not from Australia, are you?

Blasphemy.

[Ban Hammer 13,514]

you are not from Australia, are you?

if he was, he'd have the name "cane toad"

[spookyturtle 9,466]

if he was, he'd have the name "cane toad"

If I was, I'd defect because of BY.

[mawilson 2,133]

Killing Taliban from a mile and a half away

Snipper record holder, from the UK

They call him "the Silent Mohel" - circumcising the Taliban from a mile and a half away.

[Ban Hammer 13,514]

They call him "the Silent Mohel" - circumcising the Taliban from a mile and a half away.

[Boiler 46,057]

Pretty awesome

[SuperDuper! 230]

I prefer the killing of terrorists via Drone Attack, from young kids in the control booth 15,000 miles away in Las Vegas.