British sniper in Afghanistan kills six Taliban with one bullet
2014 Apr 1, 12:50am 1,444 views 11 comments
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Strategist
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2014 Apr 1, 8:27am
The headline is a complete lie. He did not kill 6 people with one bullet. He set off an explosion that killed 5 or 6 people.
The bullet he fired set off an explosion that killed 6 people.
The headline is fair.
Wish it killed more terrorists. A good terrorist is a dead terrorist.
Strategist
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2014 Apr 1, 8:34am
The headline is a complete lie. He did not kill 6 people with one bullet. He set off an explosion that killed 5 or 6 people.
The bullet he fired set off an explosion that killed 6 people.
The headline is fair.
Wish it killed more terrorists. A good terrorist is a dead terrorist.
I guess in his mind, getting killed by a bullet is a different type of dead then getting killed by an explosion...
The British sniper could also say he did not kill anyone - it was the bullet.
Heraclitusstudent
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2014 Apr 1, 8:58am
He should have waited for them to be perfectly aligned and then BANG.
Then he could brag.
zzyzzx
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2014 Apr 1, 11:52pm
He should have waited for them to be perfectly aligned and then BANG.
I think in Death Wish 3 this happens once in the last half hour where Charles Bronson gets a 2 for one like that, using his Wildey Magnum:
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/10735666/British-sniper-in-Afghanistan-kills-six-Taliban-with-one-bullet.html
A British sniper in Afghanistan killed six insurgents with a single bullet after hitting the trigger switch of a suicide bomber whose device then exploded, The Telegraph has learnt.
The 20-year-old marksman, a Lance Corporal in the Coldstream Guards, hit his target from 930 yards (850 metres) away, killing the suicide bomber and five others around him caught in the blast.
The incident in Kakaran in southern Afghanistan happened in December but has only now been disclosed as Britain moves towards the withdrawal of all combat soldiers by the end of the year.
Lt Col Richard Slack, commanding officer of 9/12 Royal Lancers, said the unnamed sharpshooter prevented a major attack by the Taliban, as a second suicide vest packed with 20kg (44lbs) of explosives was found nearby.
The same sniper, with his first shot on the tour of duty, killed a Taliban machine-gunner from 1,465 yards (1,340m).
Several hundred British and Afghan soldiers were carrying out an operation in December when they were engaged in a gun battle with 15 to 20 insurgents.
“The guy was wearing a vest. He was identified by the sniper moving down a tree line and coming up over a ditch,” said Lt Col Slack. “He had a shawl on. It rose up and the sniper saw he had a machine gun.
“They were in contact and he was moving to a firing position. The sniper engaged him and the guy exploded. There was a pause on the radio and the sniper said, 'I think I've just shot a suicide bomber'. The rest of them were killed in the blast.”
It is understood the L/Cpl was using an L115A3 gun, the Army's most powerful sniper weapon.