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Did you see the recant of the story…it was only 75y…the optical quality of his scope was so bad it LOOKED like it was 3 miles away.[please avoid politics. This is about the shooter, the rifle and the cartridge]
Even with an insane rifle and cartridge, I am skeptical that anyone could get 2 out of 3 hits on a man sized target at 3,800 meter shots.
Information about the Rifle and Cartridge Link.
Ukrainian sniper uses ‘Horizon’s Lord’ rifle to take out Russian soldier from 2½ miles away
The record-setting sniper used a Ukraine-made Volodar Obriyu rifle, which translates to “Horizon’s Lord,” to shoot the enemy soldier from 3,800 meters, or 2.3 miles — more than 40…nypost.com
A Ukrainian sniper took out a Russian soldier from nearly 2½ miles away with a high-tech rifle known as “Horizon’s Lord” — shattering a world record for the longest sniper kill, Ukraine says.
The record-setting sniper used a Ukraine-made Volodar Obriyu rifle, which translates to “Horizon’s Lord,” to shoot the enemy soldier from 3,800 meters, or 2.3 miles — more than 40 US football fields — away.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) noted the record achievement in a statement, crowing, “A new world record: a sniper of the SBU destroyed an orc [Russian soldier] from a distance of 3.8 km.
“A sniper of the SBU set a world record for a successful shot,” it said.
“He took aim at a Russian soldier from an incredible distance of 3,800 meters,” the unit said, according to the Interfax-Ukraine agency.
The previous record is believed to be held by a Canadian soldier who hit a target from a distance of 2.2 miles in Iraq in 2017.
Grainy footage of the reported record-setting shot, which has not yet been verified, was shared across Telegram channels.
Two figures can be seen in the footage, highlighted within a circle that shows the area targeted by the sniper.
A dramatic video shared by the Ukrainian military’s Office of Strategic Communications showed the enemy soldier dropping after being struck by the round, fired from the equivalent of about 30 football fields.
After three shots are fired, the two figures drop down to the ground before starting to crawl away.
It’s unclear when or where the shot was made.
In November 2022, the Ukrainian military claimed it recorded the second-longest combat kill in history after one of its snipers gunned down a Russian soldier from 1.68 miles away.
A dramatic video shared by the Ukrainian military’s Office of Strategic Communications showed the enemy soldier dropping after being struck by the round, fired from the equivalent of about 30 football fields.
“The occupier was eliminated by a precise shot of our special forces,” the government organization said.
The shot marks “a distance that now ranks second in the world ranking, confirmed by the command of the Armed Forces,” it added.
