CoRoMo
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The bullet was in flight for just over six seconds, and it dropped just over 132.5 yards in a rainbow-like trajectory.
the "sniper" has always been demonized in the "regular" army, just as "unconventional warfare" troops have been...because of their independent style of operation. this was well documented in Hathcock's bookIt would appear for the fight to be 'cricket' troops would have had to charge the MG to take it out
Two shots I chock up to really, really lucky.1 shot I would chock up to luck, but 2 back to back, thats good shootin.
According to JBM Ballistics[23], using drag coefficients (Cd) provided by Lapua, the L115A3 has an approximate supersonic range (speed of sound = 340.3 m/s) of 1,375 m (1,504 yd) under International Standard Atmosphere conditions at sea level (air density ρ = 1.225 kg/m3) and 1,548 m (1,693 yd) at the 1,043 m (3,422 ft) altitude or elevation (air density ρ = 1.1069 kg/m3) of Musa Qala. This illustrates how environmental condition differences can significantly affect bullet flight.
Uh, the Hubble maybe!!Gotta wonder what kind of scope these guys are using....
Can anyone verify the drop of the bullet at that range?
Nope, they straddle the line between imperial and metric measurements just like Americans.
Well, I think we would change over pretty quickly if the metric system didn't have such arbitrary units that don't make much sense in the real world. It's nice in some ways, such as being able to easily convert between different units of convenience (many of which people don't care about anyway like decimeter and deciliter ), but as a result of basing everything on multiples of 10, they're not as "organic" and intuitive as the units we're accustomed to, so
I'm not buying it meself.
The story says he hit his targets consecutively, ie, one right after the other, however, the ammo and equipment he had is just not capable of that type of accuracy.
His equipment was not designed to reach out that far, doesn't mean it's not capable of it (which it obviously is).
My AI-AWSM .338 will shoot half MOA or better using Lapua ammunition. At 2700 yards 0.5 MOA is 14 inches, so the hits are within the mechanical accuracy of the rifle.The story says he hit his targets consecutively, ie, one right after the other, however, the ammo and equipment he had is just not capable of that type of accuracy.