Canadian elite special forces sniper makes record-breaking kill shot in Iraq (weapons, Canada)

[doc1]

3,450 metres (2.14 miles)

Now that's some mighty fine shootin'.

Out of the top 5 confirmed long range kills the Canadians are 1st, 3rd and 4th

".......Sources say a member of Joint Task Force 2 killed an Islamic State insurgent with a McMillan TAC-50 sniper rifle while firing from a high-rise during an operation that took place within the last month in Iraq. It took under 10 seconds to hit the target......."

https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/new...ticle35415651/

[phma]

Fantastic shot.

Got to respect the skill no matter who did it.

Good job A

[LS Jaun]

"Sources say a member of Joint Task Force 2 killed an Islamic State insurgent with a McMillan TAC-50 sniper rifle"

"McMillan TAC-50" Made Phoenix AZ, USA Or Merica as the Lefties like to say.

[T-310]

Awesome shot.

[desertdetroiter]

The question I have is what in the hell is a Canadian sniper doing shooting someone in a conflict between two groups that aren't attacking Canada?

"The shot in question actually disrupted a Daesh [Islamic State] attack on Iraqi security forces,"

[ottomobeale]

Originally Posted by desertdetroiter

The question I have is what in the hell is a Canadian sniper doing shooting someone in a conflict between two groups that aren't attacking Canada?

Dunno but Im grateful to our Cannuck friends for the loan of the dude that did it.

[BruSan]

Originally Posted by desertdetroiter

The question I have is what in the hell is a Canadian sniper doing shooting someone in a conflict between two groups that aren't attacking Canada?

Part of these guys maybe?

https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2...h-in-iraq.html

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...ticle32403507/

Same thing they were doing in WWI, WWII, Korea and during any one of the hundreds of peacekeeping missions they've been involved in over the years.

[odanny]

Originally Posted by desertdetroiter

The question I have is what in the hell is a Canadian sniper doing shooting someone in a conflict between two groups that aren't attacking Canada?

Canada followed us (at a safe distance) in to a bloody mess of a conflict to keep their overbearing southern neighbor happy.

They are smart enough to not foot an obscene bill for the pleasure, nor an even more obscene loss of life in the conflict.

And I think anytime now we will find those weapons of mass destruction Republicans warned us daily about.

[uggabugga]

Holy frijoles that is some seriously badass shootin'.

[moneill]

Criticize an ally for not doing enough, criticize an ally for being there, give credit to the gun not the person (but guns don't kill people do).

Instead of -- gool, Good job! Well done! For me -- an argument for quantity over quality in defense spending -- lol.

You don't need massive armies -- you just need well trained, specialized ones.