Russian Snipers made a 2.6 mile kill?

Charlie Primero · Jan 3, 2018

Russian weapon producers have presented their recent development, the SVLK-14S Sumrak, the first sniper rifle in the world that is capable of eliminating the enemy at a distance of over four kilometers.

You will not be able to run around in the woods with this rifle, but you will be the first in the world to hit a target 4,200 meters away. Something Russian snipers already did at the end of September.

https://www.rbth.com/science-and-tech/327095-ultra-long-range-rifle

I’m skeptical that anyone made a 4,200 meter kill with a CheyTac.

https://cheytac.com would have this on their front page if that actually happened. They list a couple of 1.5 mile kills, but none at 2.6 miles. That’s unbelievable.

Moonpie · Jan 3, 2018

It's possible.
I'm calling B.S. tho.

oldag · Jan 3, 2018

A 2.6 mile kill has been pulled off before,

with a 105 mm Howitzer.

majormadmax · Jan 3, 2018

grumper · Jan 3, 2018

I believe them. They just don't bother to mention the 50 shots it took, 3 hostages and 14 innocent bystanders Spetsnaz wasted during the attempt.

Younggun · Jan 3, 2018

I didn't read that they made any kills at that range, only that they hit a target of unspecified size.

karlac · Jan 3, 2018

oldag said:
A 2.6 mile kill has been pulled off before,

with a 105 mm Howitzer.

LOL
As a FO, wouldn't usually shoot a 105 high angle mission less than 4 km, and that's pushing it, so you're most likely right.

robertc1024 · Jan 3, 2018

Younggun said:
I didn't read that they made any kills at that range, only that they hit a target of unspecified size.

Well, hell. I've probably done that with target Earth.

Shotgun Jeremy · Jan 3, 2018

Give me the broad side of a barn, and let me shoot from the side of a mountain down at a barn away from the base of the mountain....I'll nail that sucker at 3 miles!

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Vaquero · Jan 3, 2018

Yeah.
Me too.

easy rider · Jan 3, 2018

oldag said:
A 2.6 mile kill has been pulled off before,

with a 105 mm Howitzer.

That's nothing, in 1940 the HMS Warspite hit the Italian flagship Guilio at 16 miles.

And they were both running at high speed.

karlac · Jan 4, 2018

easy rider said:
That's nothing, in 1940 the HMS Warspite hit the Italian flagship Guilio at 16 miles.

And they were both running at high speed.

Like that first dove in the flock you shoot at, and the third one falls ...

pharmaco · Jan 21, 2018

Charlie Primero said:
https://www.rbth.com/science-and-tech/327095-ultra-long-range-rifle

I’m skeptical that anyone made a 4,200 meter kill with a CheyTac.

https://cheytac.com would have this on their front page if that actually happened. They list a couple of 1.5 mile kills, but none at 2.6 miles. That’s unbelievable.

It's not a Cheytac, and the article doesn't say anyone got hit by it.

They state that someone used it to make a >4km shot in September.

The article also says the barrel is made of aluminum, so i wouldn't consider it credible.

Darkpriest667 · Jan 23, 2018

oldag said:
A 2.6 mile kill has been pulled off before,

with a 105 mm Howitzer.

Was it confirmed? :shades:

Dawico · Jan 23, 2018

More long range potshots just to brag.

Let me see a group then we will talk.

avvidclif · Jan 23, 2018

C

Darkpriest667 said:
Was it confirmed?

Could find enough pieces.

Noggin · Jan 23, 2018

Windage Windage Windage - I may have only had very limited experience shooting at 1000 yards but I know at that distance even with a perfectly still target there was always the wind. I just do not see how you could make all the allowances for varying wind conditions over 4 times that distance and still ensure a one shot kill, with solid projectile. It may be shooting a fairly heavy round but it is no 120mm APDS and it starts out traveling at only about the same velocity as 5.56mm from 16/18" barrel.

karlac · Jan 23, 2018

Noggin said:
Windage Windage Windage - ... I just do not see how you could make all the allowances for varying wind conditions over 4 times that distance and still ensure a one shot kill, with solid projectile....

Ye olde Met Message ...
Probably an app for it by now. :evil:

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