The supergun that kills from a mile - against the Taliban

[-Cp]

British Army snipers call it 'the Silent Assassin' and it is the weapon the Taliban fear the most.

It is the British-made L115A3 Long Range Rifle which, in recent weeks, has killed scores of enemy fighters in Afghanistan.

In a new initiative on the front line, the Army is using sniper platoons to target the Taliban and 'The Long', as the snipers call it, can take out insurgents from a mile away.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1145667/Pictured-The-supergun-kills-mile--camouflaged-crackshots-using-Taliban.html

[Noir]

The skill that must go into using that is amazing, to hit a target at a mile away. Good show :)

[crin63]

I'd love to get behind one of those for awhile. Thats awesome.

[Sitarro]

I would love to see what the results of a shot like that are. The exit of the round must take out every internal organ.:clap::clap::clap: Don't need to take what's left of those pricks to Gitmo........:laugh2::laugh2::laugh2:

[bullypulpit]

A sweet piece that. Be great for hunting pronghorns. Unlike a Barrett M107, the .338 wouldn't tear up so much meat.

[glockmail]

Which is more accurate, that or the 50 caliber?

[Mr. P]

Which is more accurate, that or the 50 caliber?

That all depends on who pulls the trigger, to a degree anyway.

[glockmail]

That all depends on who pulls the trigger, to a degree anyway. I recall a video of US snipers killing terrorists from something like two miles away.

[actsnoblemartin]

is it all relative after a mile or could we see like 10 mile away sniping?

[glockmail]

There's a practical limit to hand-fired ballistics. Even artillery is only good for, like, 16 miles or so.

[actsnoblemartin]

very interesting though :cheers2:

[DannyR]

There's a practical limit to hand-fired ballistics. Even artillery is only good for, like, 16 miles or so.

When you care enough to send the best:

http://www.af.mil/news/airman/0104/missiles3b.jpg
AGM-129A Advanced Cruise Missile
Primary function: Air-to-surface advanced cruise missile. Speed: 334-601 mph. Dimensions: Wingspan 10 ft., length 20 ft. 8 in., body diameter 2 ft. 4 in. Range: More than 2,000 miles. Payload: Nuclear warhead.

[actsnoblemartin]

I like the way you think


When you care enough to send the best:

http://www.af.mil/news/airman/0104/missiles3b.jpg
AGM-129A Advanced Cruise Missile
Primary function: Air-to-surface advanced cruise missile. Speed: 334-601 mph. Dimensions: Wingspan 10 ft., length 20 ft. 8 in., body diameter 2 ft. 4 in. Range: More than 2,000 miles. Payload: Nuclear warhead.