Big and made of brass. This is how you stop a terrorist:
A British SAS sniper took an Islamic State (Isis) commander's head clean off as he taught jihadi recruits how to behead captives, according to reports. The marksman fired from over a kilometre away (1,000 metres) to land the shot.
The IS (Daesh) fighter was reported to be in the middle of a drill teaching new soldiers how to execute captives, according to the Daily Express. Some 20 new terror recruits were watching as the fatal bullet struck.
The soldier was operating in the northern Syria a fortnight ago and was using a .338 rifle with tumbling ammo that can cause a huge hole in the body on impact. The sniper had assistance from 12 fellow SAS soldiers, who managed to sneak into a jihadi compound before the shot was fired.
One military insider said: "One minute he was standing there and the next his head had exploded. The commander remained standing upright for a couple of seconds before collapsing and that's when panic set in. We later heard most of the recruits deserted. We got rid of 21 terrorists with one bullet." Rest of article.
Buy that man a case of whatever he wants.
14 comments:
Glad this thug is off the streets.
got 'eem.
To be fair, the recruits DID get a superb illustration of how to execute someone.
Any video available?
And that ladies and gentlemen is how it is done........
At 1000M he would have been aiming at the chest. Allah must have steered the projectile high.
Rule Brittania!
1000 meters = more than 1/2 mile away.
Wow, what a shot.
The Brits need to come to Jackson and take care of some business.
KF, thank you for this story, doubt if nat. media will report it. Thanks for all that You Do.
actually 1:39pm, at 1000m, he wouldn't have been aiming anywhere close to the body at all. I get your point, but just driving home the fact that he was likely aimed 15 to 20 feet above the target. It is truly amazing the shots that these guys make.
FWIW - Elevation and windage adjustments on sniper optics make it possible to acquire the target in the reticle. It would be no different than lining up on a deer at 100 yds. - except in this case it would be over 10x further...
Making a 2700-yard Shot
Also, while we are talking semantics, the ammo used in the .338(im assuming a Lupa round) is not specifically made to "tumble" as implied by the article. It tumbles because the ballistics at that range are unstable and the bullet begins to flip end over end causing the tumble effect. Awesome shot none the less.
"what you feel when you shoot a terrorist?"..."recoil".
Actually, "tumbling" refers to the physical deformation when a spinning round transitions from air to a solid or liquid medium - i.e. the target. The .338 Lapua 250 gr./300 gr. was designed to penetrate heavy body armor at long ranges. "Tumbling" maximizes trauma...
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