Canadian elite special forces sniper makes record-breaking kill

"Hard data on this. It isn't an opinion. It isn't an approximation. There is a second location with eyes on with all the right equipment to capture exactly what the shot was," another military source said.

A military insider told The Globe: "This is an incredible feat. It is a world record that might never be equalled."

The world record was previously held by British sniper Craig Harrison, who shot a Taliban gunner with a 338 Lapua Magnum rifle from 2,475 metres away in 2009.

Previously, Canadian Corporal Rob Furlong had set the world record in 2002 at 2,430 metres when he gunned down an Afghan insurgent carrying an RPK machine gun during Operation Anaconda.

Weeks before, Canadian Master Cpl. Arron Perry briefly held the world's best sniper record after he fatally shot an insurgent at 2,310 metres during the same operation. Both soldiers were members of the 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.

JTF2 special forces are primarily tasked with counterterrorism, sniper operations and hostage rescue. Much of the information about this elite organization is classified and not commented on by the government. The unit's snipers and members of Canadian Special Operations Regiment, who are carrying out the main task of training Kurdish forces, have been operating in tough conditions in Iraq.

The Trudeau government pulled CF-18 fighter jets out of Iraq in 2016 but expanded the military mission, which will see the number of Canadian special forces trainers climb to 207 from 69 in an assist, train and advise mission. Canadian commandos are not supposed to be involved in direct combat, but are authorized to go up to the front lines on training missions with Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and to paint targets for coalition air strikes.

For operational security reasons, sources would not reveal the names of the elite Canadian sniper and his partner, nor the location where the action took place.

>>151453
Super cool

A sniper and his observer partner are often sent to remote and dangerous locations to hunt down insurgents while having to carry heavy equipment. Once they have located the target, snipers follow the same methodical approach before each shot. Breathe in, out, in, out, find a natural pause and then squeeze the trigger.

Canada has a reputation among Western military forces for the quality of its snipers, despite the small size of the Canadian Armed Forces compared to the United States and Britain.

"Canada has a world-class sniper system. It is not just a sniper. They work in pairs. There is an observer," a military source said. "This is a skill set that only a very few people have."

The skill of the JTF2 sniper in taking down an insurgent at 3,540 metres required math skills, great eyesight, precision of ammunition and firearms, and superb training.

"It is at the distance where you have to account not just for the ballistics of the round, which change over time and distance, you have to adjust for wind, and the wind would be swirling," said a source with expertise in training Canadian special forces.

"You have to adjust for him firing from a higher location downward and as the round drops you have to account for that. And from that distance you actually have to account for the curvature of the Earth."

U.S. Sergeant Bryan Kremer has the longest confirmed sniper kill shot by a U.S. soldier. He killed an Iraqi insurgent with his Barrett M82A1 rifle at 2,300 metres in 2004.

>>151453
how is this news? just a good shot and a man died. why dont just do this record breaking shots shooting ianimate objects.

>>151473
Record breaking shot that killed someone it is news.

>>151474
a man died for this news.

>>151473
You don't want the terrorists to win do you?

>>151475
ISIS is bad this is good news that the man died.

>>151473
A good shot that countered a terrorist attack and likely prevented civilian casualties.

>>151473
> Islamic jihadist
> Man

Wew lad

As drone warfare continues to improve, do you think that snipers will be phased out entirely? It would be much easier to just train spotters to guide the drone strikes and could increase the range as far as they can accurately spot a target.

The best part is their counting the kill up as a form of "advice" in their "advise and assist" role.

>>151563
Well, he did school everyone else

>>151526
Well this is a good alternative for more surgical approaches. A drone is great for vehicles and crowds of hostiles but a trained sniper is better for a single target among civilians

>>151565

In addition to this, drones need a (relatively) secure air space to operate, whereas a sniper team does not. If there is too much in the way of anti-aircraft assets in the area, the risk could be considered too high, even for an unmanned vehicle.

>>151565
>>151566
Interesting, I hadn't considered those aspects, especially the airspace concerns. Thanks!