Indian Army Snipers, Marksmen & Sharpshooters

[Unknowncommando]

 

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[COLDHEARTED AVIATOR]

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[Yt2211]

Tonbo Arjun , Tonho Geolocator UC
Looks like the got some SSS defence saber too

Arjun | Tonbo Imaging

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[Yt2211]

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[VictorDelta4]

View: https://x.com/Viv_Krishnan/status/1916339732667039981

This is a bit too much He wants us to believe that normal infantry grunts are now shooting beyond lets say Chris Kyle's confirmed kill?

 

[COLDHEARTED AVIATOR]

This is a bit too much He wants us to believe that normal infantry grunts are now shooting beyond lets say Chris Kyle's confirmed kill?

Without ballistic computers?

 

[VictorDelta4]

Without ballistic computers?

Kyle took that shot in 2008. Long before ballistic comps were an ubiquitous thing.
His shot length was 1920m. Rob Furlong shot 2430m in 2002.

 

[COLDHEARTED AVIATOR]

Kyle took that shot in 2008. Long before ballistic comps were an ubiquitous thing.
His shot length was 1920m. Rob Furlong shot 2430m in 2002.

Ya i was talking about more than 2k shots.

 

[VictorDelta4]

Ya i was talking about more than 2k shots.

Yes Furlong did it. One British guy did around 2500m in 09. The current record however is 3800m in 2023 by someone from Ukraines Alpha group with an anti material rifle.

 

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[Yuyutsu]

one silly question , is it the gun or the bullet that decides how long can a guy shoot??
like we hear ranges of rifles to be in 700-800m but can some special ammo with the same gun can hit targets well beyond that range? like say 1500m.

 

[ezsasa]

one silly question , is it the gun or the bullet that decides how long can a guy shoot??
like we hear ranges of rifles to be in 700-800m but can some special ammo with the same gun can hit targets well beyond that range? like say 1500m.

both, the bullet and the gun.

- propellent/gun power in the cartridge decides the pressure at which bullet leaves the barrel, weight of the bullet decides it's ballistic trajectory.

- design of the gun decides how efficiently the bullet emerges out of the barrel accounting for loss of energy, length of the barrel decides how much push a bullet gets from gun powder explosion before leaving the barrel, and the twist on the inner barrel decides rotation of the bullet during it's journey which has an implication on stability while traversing the distance.

if a rifle is able to hit a target accurately at 700-800m, it should be able to hit 1500m with adjustments to sight. but if you want a kill shot both at 700 and at 1500, then it would a specialist sniper rifle with appropriate ammo.

 

[VictorDelta4]

one silly question , is it the gun or the bullet that decides how long can a guy shoot??
like we hear ranges of rifles to be in 700-800m but can some special ammo with the same gun can hit targets well beyond that range? like say 1500m.

Combination of both the gun and bullet used. The muzzle velocity (influenced by the barrel design and length, propellant used in the bullet affects it). Similarly the type of bullet I.e HP, round nose, 5.56, 7.62, affects the aerodynamics. Then there's the ballistic coefficient and environmental factors etc that determine the range.