<p>An anonymous Canadian military source said one of their&nbsp;special forces snipers has shattered the world record for the longest confirmed kill shot at a distance of over 2 miles.</p> ...

The Barrett M82A1, also known as the “Light Fifty,” is arguably the most powerful military rifle in the world, chambered in the devastating .50 BMG round originally designed for anti-aircraft machine ...

December 9, 2023: In November 2023 a 58 year-old Ukrainian sniper belonging to the Ukrainian Security Service used a Ukrainian made Horizon’s Lord sniper rifle to break a distance record set in 2017.

A Canadian Ranger handles the military's new C-19 rifle. Shortly after the rifles were sent to Ranger units, red dye from the stocks started appearing on the hands of the soldiers when the weapons ...

The rifle, fully assembled, is six feet, six inches long (longer than the average sniper is tall) and weighs 50 pounds. Each 14.5mm round weighs 2.2 ounces, compared to a 1.5 ounces for the .50 ...

November 23, 2022: In November 2022 a Ukrainian sniper used a Ukrainian made sniper rifle to make the second longest sniper distance kill record, against a Russian soldier, at a distance of 2,710 ...

The record for longest distance kill is currently held by a Canadian special forces sniper assigned to the country’s prestigious Joint Task Force 2 who shot an ISIS militant from 3,540 meters ...

According to a report from Military.com, the current longest confirmed sniper kill was set in 2002 by a Canadian Army sniper, Cpl. Rob Furlong, who used his country's military version of the TAC ...

Canadian forces in Afghanistan are among the first to test a new acoustic recognition tool that pinpoints the exact location and direction of sniper fire. Scientists at Defense Research and ...