Welsh Guards sniper: 1 shot two kills.

TLAM Strike · 03-14-11, 08:07 AM

A double head-shot at that!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/b...ers-story.html

Raptor1 · 03-14-11, 08:10 AM

Double Kill!

gimpy117 · 03-14-11, 08:15 AM

Oberon · 03-14-11, 08:53 AM

Very nice.

We're clocking up the sniper records out there, we've got the longest range too at the moment, nearly three miles.

Bloody good work by those two. Got a long way to go to meet Finnish standards, but they're doing a fine job.

Feuer Frei! · 03-14-11, 09:58 AM

A 7.62 will do a crapload of damage.
Enough to stop an Elephant.
We used to use the calibre in the Army, when we had the SLR rifle. Before we switched to the crappy and puny 5.56 Steyr.
But double kill, that's big.
Only 196 mtres at a moving target, interesting notion that, i had my Crossed Rifles in the army, meant i was a sharp shooter. Wonder how fast the bike was travelling?
196 is not far.

August · 03-14-11, 11:25 AM

"Quigleys" are very rare.

Hottentot · 03-15-11, 01:12 AM

Feel free to call me a sissy, but the photo in that article was in fact much better than the article itself. Looking at it made me realize that I couldn't do what these guys do. I could probably, in a very extreme situation, point a gun at the general direction of a vague enemy, aim hastily and pull the trigger, but not this. Looking trough a scope like that, seeing the details of a guy I'm soon going to kill, steadily taking aim, all those things? Yeah, I'd back off. I guess I would be a pretty much useless soldier.

Still, thought provoking and therefore interesting. Thanks for the link

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03-16-11, 05:51 AM

Oh dear, the nice publicity turns out to be not so nice.
Britain is having the book about the battle groups time in Afghanistan destroyed.
While small sections might make good print for a newspaper article about their great actions other sections make them look like brutal terreorists who seem to just want to murder and maim so its got to be pulped.

So while their sniper scorecard might be just slightly reminiscent of the of the "sniper at work" nuts up in crossmaglen the kneecapping of suspects definately puts them in the same league as that scum.

Oh well, nice story while it lasted.

ReFaN · 03-16-11, 06:19 AM

Death has never been so fun, Right?

Jimbuna · 03-16-11, 07:35 AM

A little payback for Liam and Theo

03-14-11, 08:07 AM	#1
TLAM Strike Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Rochester, New York Posts: 8,633 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 6	Welsh Guards sniper: 1 shot two kills. A double head-shot at that! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/b...ers-story.html __________________

03-14-11, 08:10 AM	#2
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03-14-11, 09:58 AM	#5
Feuer Frei! Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Valhalla Posts: 5,295 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 17	A 7.62 will do a crapload of damage. Enough to stop an Elephant. We used to use the calibre in the Army, when we had the SLR rifle. Before we switched to the crappy and puny 5.56 Steyr. But double kill, that's big. Only 196 mtres at a moving target, interesting notion that, i had my Crossed Rifles in the army, meant i was a sharp shooter. Wonder how fast the bike was travelling? 196 is not far. __________________ "History is the lies that the victors agree on"- Napoleon LINK TO MY SH 3 MODS

03-14-11, 11:25 AM	#6
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	"Quigleys" are very rare. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

03-14-11, 08:53 AM	#4
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Very nice. We're clocking up the sniper records out there, we've got the longest range too at the moment, nearly three miles. Bloody good work by those two. Got a long way to go to meet Finnish standards, but they're doing a fine job.

03-15-11, 01:12 AM	#7
Hottentot Sea Lord Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: My private socialist utopia of Finland Posts: 1,918 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Feel free to call me a sissy, but the photo in that article was in fact much better than the article itself. Looking at it made me realize that I couldn't do what these guys do. I could probably, in a very extreme situation, point a gun at the general direction of a vague enemy, aim hastily and pull the trigger, but not this. Looking trough a scope like that, seeing the details of a guy I'm soon going to kill, steadily taking aim, all those things? Yeah, I'd back off. I guess I would be a pretty much useless soldier. Still, thought provoking and therefore interesting. Thanks for the link . __________________ Хотели как лучше, а получилось как всегда.

03-16-11, 05:51 AM	#8
Tribesman Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Oh dear, the nice publicity turns out to be not so nice. Britain is having the book about the battle groups time in Afghanistan destroyed. While small sections might make good print for a newspaper article about their great actions other sections make them look like brutal terreorists who seem to just want to murder and maim so its got to be pulped. So while their sniper scorecard might be just slightly reminiscent of the of the "sniper at work" nuts up in crossmaglen the kneecapping of suspects definately puts them in the same league as that scum. Oh well, nice story while it lasted.

03-16-11, 06:19 AM	#9
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