When the world's farthest sniper record holder arrives in Ukraine, can it continue to glory in front of the Russian army? According to the Global Network quoted by the Canadian media CBC website on March 10, the world's farthest sniper record holder, a former special forces sniper under the pseudonym "Wall-E", has arrived in Ukraine and will subsequently participate in sniper operations against the Russian army.
It is reported that in June 2017, "Wall-E" used the TAC-50 sniper rifle in Iraq to successfully kill an extremist located 3540 meters away, setting a record for the world's farthest sniper, so it was nicknamed "the world's top sniper" by foreign media.
On June 23, 2017, according to the overseas network quoted by the US media "Today US Media" news report, the Canadian special forces sniper "Wall-e", during the mission in the Mosul region of Iraq, used the TAC-50 sniper rifle to successfully snipe an IS terrorist 3540 meters away. The gun topped the list in November 2009 when British Army sniper Harrison used the L115A3 sniper rifle to kill a living target 2,475 meters away in Afghanistan. And in March 2002, Rob, a sniper from the Canadian Special Forces, was also killed. Fei Long also used TAC-50 snipers to successfully snipe militants 2430 meters away in the mountainous areas of Afghanistan, thus making a name for himself.
Two snipers recorded 15 years apart, the TAC-50 sniper rifle, which was introduced by the American company McMillan in 1980, is an anti-materiel sniper rifle. The full gun is 1448 mm long, the barrel is 736 mm long, the caliber is up to 12.7 mm, and it is used. BGM 50 bullets. In order to improve the accuracy of the gun's dispersion, the TAC-50 sniper rifle uses a variety of advanced processes and materials to make high-precision rifle cartridges for competition. In order to ensure that the gun has good fire control accuracy, the TAC-50 sniper rifle uses a thick-walled competition-grade floating barrel, the interior is engraved with a wired pit, and then combined with the competition-grade high-precision rifle cartridge, so that the shooting accuracy of the gun can reach 0.5 MOA (MOA is the angle unit arc minute, that is, one-60th of the radian), the combination of high-quality bullets is only one of the factors that ensure that the sniper rifle has high accuracy, in addition to these two points, it is also related to the optical scope, natural environment and meteorological conditions, and the comprehensive quality of the sniper.
For example, in terms of optical sights, with the increase of the shooting distance, the precision of the sight is more demanding, and the usual solution measures need to increase the objective lens diameter and optical lens processing accuracy in addition to increasing the objective focal length. The former aims to increase the amount of information collected and reduce information distortion, while the latter improves the accuracy of aiming by increasing the imaging height. In the natural environment and meteorological conditions, taking meteorological conditions as an example, if you want to complete the sniper task well, you need to reduce the interference of the bullet as much as possible in terms of wind direction, wind speed, atmospheric visibility, lighting conditions, temperature changes and other factors.
Taking the natural environment as an example, looking at the world's ultra-long-distance sniper list record, we can find that the three foreign snipers ranked between the 2nd and 4th are constantly refreshing this record in Afghanistan. Four-fifths of Afghanistan's land area is composed of plateaus and mountains, and most of the altitudes are between 600 and 3000 meters. In such an environment, the air is relatively thin, so that the interference of external factors on guns and bullets is only reduced than in other regions, so they have achieved a good reputation in the sniper world.
Finally, the comprehensive quality of the sniper, even if the sniper shell, optical scope, natural environment and meteorological conditions are good, if the sniper himself does not have rich sniper experience and the ability to carry out sniper tasks in a complex environment, it is a failure, and this is precisely the most critical point. Therefore, in addition to their talents, they also need to receive relevant basic training, and gradually improve after that, and eventually grow from a "rookie" to an "old bird".
In addition, "Wall-E" himself set the world's farthest sniper record in the Mosul region of Iraq in June 2017, which also has an element of luck. As mentioned earlier, the Canadian sniper Rob. Ferron, at that time he used the TAC-50 sniper rifle equipped with a 16 times optical sight, the bullet used is the American company Hodina production of A-MAX bullet, the bullet weight of 48.6 grams, muzzle velocity of 823 meters per second.
At that time, deputy shooter McMikin spotted three-point militants 2,000 meters away, and he immediately provided this information to Rob. Feron. Rob. Ferron quickly adjusted the sniper rifle's angle of fire and wind correction, and then pulled the trigger, but the first start ended in an empty shot.
Rob. Fei Long was not satisfied, and then adjusted the sniper rifle according to the shooting parameters, so that the second shot hit the militant's backpack. At this time, the 3 militants suddenly felt bad and retreated in a panic, Rob. Fei Long did not hesitate to pull the trigger until the third shot hit the target. "Wall-E" set an ultra-long-range sniper record in the Mosul region of Iraq when it was with Rob. The situation that happened to Fei Long was largely the same, and there was also luck in it.
In addition, mountain sniper operations and urban sniper operations have another point worth noting, that is, in the urban environment, the target appearance distance varies greatly. If the first target appears 900 meters away and the second target appears within 200 meters, this state will cause a lot of trouble to the zeroing of snipers, which will affect the completion of the mission and threaten the safety of the sniper team itself. The so-called "zeroing" here refers to the correction data obtained after the second consecutive shot of the same batch of bullets in the cold firing state. Theoretically, as long as it is within the zeroing distance, most of the factors affecting accuracy have been corrected during test firing, and snipers only need to adjust the climate factor to get accurate shooting results.
For the Russian military, the arrival of the world's top sniper "Wall-e" is not important at all, and the Russian military can have many ways to deal with such snipers similar to "Wall-e". In addition to investing snipers and related battlefield reconnaissance equipment to carry out the most basic anti-sniper operations, it is also possible to implement long-range combat tactics and avoid entering a close combat state with them as much as possible.
In ground combat, the air force can be used to bomb the predetermined attack area, and then put into the ground force for a tentative attack, in the process of encountering fierce enemy resistance or finding the traces of snipers, immediately put in heavy artillery, helicopter gunships, and even bombers and other equipment to carry out a fierce assault again.
In addition, there is the use of the tactic of "fighting while suppressing", and in the process of ground advancement, the Russian army will thoroughly clean up the buildings along the way. For example, the main battle tank is used to crash the stairs, and then various armored fighting vehicles use vehicles to sweep the doors and windows with on-board weapons to ensure that the enemy sniper has no room to move.
In an indoor combat environment, the Russian military usually uses grenade launchers, flamethrowers and other equipment to carry out clearance operations in places where they believe enemy snipers may be hiding. In addition, the Russian army can also invest special forces to carry out sabotage operations behind the enemy, in addition to controlling key locations or destroying key targets, this move can also pose a greater threat to enemy snipers.
All in all, in the face of the Russian army with rich experience in anti-sniper tactics and many countermeasures, this former Canadian special forces sniper with the pseudonym "Wali" wants to regain his glory, which can be described as difficult as ascending to the sky, and he should also prepare for his future head, maybe he came to Ukraine to give the Russian army a head!