The marksman's commanding officer says the bullet hit a suspected militant who was wearing a vest rigged with explosives. The subsequent blast... A shot fired by a British Army sniper at a suspected ...

Summary and Key Points: The British Challenger 2 has proven to be a vital, though heavy, asset for Ukraine’s 82nd Airborne ...

Ukraine claimed in November that one of its snipers killed a Russian soldier 1.68 miles away. That could make it the second-longest sniper kill of all time. There's no universally verified list of the ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: It was one of Accuracy International’s L115A3s that was used in 2009 in Afghanistan by British Army sniper Craig Harrison when he set a world... Here’s What You Need ...

In 2009, British Army sniper Craig Harrison took aim at two Taliban fighters in Helmand Province. From over 2,475 meters away, he fired a shot so precise it broke records — and changed modern sniping ...

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