A sniper with Canada’s elite special forces in Iraq has broken the world record for the longest kill shot in military history at a distance of 3,540 metres.
The Canadian Armed Forces(CAF) confirmed that a member of Joint Task Force 2 made the record-breaking shot. The hit killed an IS insurgent during an operation in Iraq.
The elite sniper was using a McMillan TAC-50 sniper rifle while firing from a high-rise during an operation. It took 10 seconds to hit the target.
The military source said the JTF2 operation belongs within the strictures of the government’s advise and assist mission.
The kill was independently verified by the video camera and other data.
“Hard data on this. It isn’t an opinion. It isn’t an approximation. There is a second location with eyes on with all the right equipment to capture exactly what the shot was,” a military man said.
The world record was previously held by British sniper Craig Harrison, who shot a Taliban gunner with a 338 Lapua Magnum rifle from 2,475 metres away in 2009.
Canadian Corporal Rob Furlong had set the world record in 2002 at 2,430 metres when he gunned down an Afghan insurgent.
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