Gazing through the telescopic sight of his M24 rifle, Staff Sgt Jim Gilliland, leader of Shadow sniper team, fixed his eye on the Iraqi insurgent who had just killed an American soldier.
His quarry stood nonchalantly in the fourth-floor bay window of a hospital in battle-torn Ramadi, still clasping a long-barrelled Kalashnikov. Instinctively allowing for wind speed and bullet drop, Shadow's commander aimed 12 feet high.
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A single shot hit the Iraqi in the chest and killed him instantly. It had been fired from a range of 1,250 metres, well beyond the capacity of the powerful Leupold sight, accurate to 1,000 metres.
Originally posted by deltaboy
I doubt it was an AK weapon since the article mentions an AK with a long barrel...thats more like the Dragunov sniper rifle. Snipers are more effective against the IED teams then just plain bombing. Good job for the sniper teams.
[edit on 3-1-2006 by deltaboy]
Originally posted by Midav
Originally posted by deltaboy
I doubt it was an AK weapon since the article mentions an AK with a long barrel...thats more like the Dragunov sniper rifle. Snipers are more effective against the IED teams then just plain bombing. Good job for the sniper teams.
[edit on 3-1-2006 by deltaboy]
Actually, there are long barrled type AK weapons being used that are not Dragunov sniper rifles.
On the flip side, a very short barreled AK:
