2006-08-04 14:30:57 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
2500 yards - Carlos Hathcock.
2006-08-04 14:34:20 · answer #1 · answered by Black Sabbath 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Record for a US Sniper was The Feb 1967 2500 yard shot by Sgt Carlos Hathcock USMC. At Duc Pho in I Corps, Hathcock engaged a VC on a Bike with a .50 cal M2 Browning Machine gun fitted with a Unertl scope. That record stood as a world record till 2003.
The current record for longest range sniper kill is 2,430 metres (7,972 ft), accomplished by a Canadian sniper,Master Cpl. Arron Perry , of the third battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (3 PPCLI), during the invasion of Afghanistan durring Operation Anaconda, using a .50 BMG (12.7 mm) McMillan bolt-action rifle. This meant that the round had a flight time of four seconds, and a drop of 44.5 m (146 ft). The previous record was held by Carlos Hathcock, achieved during the Vietnam War, at a distance of 2,250 m or 2500 yds.
2006-08-04 22:50:18 · answer #2 · answered by lana_sands 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will never, ever know the true answer. You have no need to know that information. Nor do I and 99.9% percent of Americans. But, I can tell you the distance I know of is much greater than your current answers.
2006-08-05 01:35:40 · answer #3 · answered by driver 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know. I'd be more interested in the longest 'unrecorded' kill.
2006-08-04 22:46:49 · answer #4 · answered by STEVEN F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SFC Carlos Hathcock, Vietnam, and it was a kill
2006-08-04 22:26:45 · answer #5 · answered by jw_islandboy 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋