Vlad Lobaev's rifle: the longest shot in the world. Russian snipers "made" the Americans in long-range shooting Maximum range of a sniper shot

Long-range shooting of the enemy is a kind of special army art. Modern snipers are divided into many subcategories, but it is the range of an aimed and deadly shot that is considered one of the important criteria for assessing the skill of a sniper.

A selection of the most notable shooters whose long-range shots made it into the pages of history.

In seventh place is the shot of the American participant in the Iraq War, Petty Officer Jim Gilliland, 1367 yards (1244 meters). Shot from a standard M24 rifle using standard 7.62x51mm NATO rounds in 2005. A very good result for a combined arms rifle of not the largest caliber.

Number six is ​​British Army Corporal Christopher Reynolds and his August 2009 accurate shot at 2026 yards (1844 meters). Rifle - Accuracy International L115A3. Cartridges - .338 Lapua Magnum LockBase B408. The hit target is a Taliban commander nicknamed "Mullah", who is responsible for a number of attacks on coalition forces in Afghanistan. If the sources do not lie, then the shot was so accurate, then the Mulla fell exactly into the hands of the militant following him, and if the bullet had enough penetrating power, Reynolds would have written down two heads at once to his account.

Number five - Sergeant Carlos Hascock, shot at 2500 yards (2275 meters). Date - February 1967, the time of the Vietnamese conflict. The historic shot that made the sergeant a hero of his time was not fired from a sniper rifle, but from an M2 Browning machine gun. Cartridges - .50 BMG. Hascock is a legend today american army- he ranks fourth in the list of snipers who hit the maximum number of targets. At one time, the Vietnamese had a $30,000 bounty on his head, and they gave Hascock the nickname "white feather" for his habit of wearing a feather in his hat, violating the generally accepted rules of sniper camouflage. However, this is not the only thing he was noted for - Hascock's second term of service in Vietnam ended ahead of schedule in September 1969, when the armored personnel carrier in which he was riding was blown up by a mine. Despite his own severe burns (more than 40% of his body), Hascock pulled seven of his comrades out of the burning armored personnel carrier.

Fourth place - American Sergeant Brian Kremer and his shot at 2515 yards (2288.6 meters) in March 2004. Weapon - Barrett M82A1. Cartridges - Raufoss NM140 MP. In two years in Iraq, Kremer fired two successful shots over 2,350 yards, confirming high level sergeant skills.

Third place went to the Canadian Corporal Arron Perry. Shot range - 2526 yards (2298.6 meters) in March 2002. Weapon - McMillan Tac-50. Cartridges - Hornady A-MAX .50 (.50 BMG).

Second place - a shot at 2657 yards (2417.8 meters) also goes to the Canadian: Corporal Rob Furlong, broke Arron's record, with exactly the same rifle and cartridges.

In first place is an unsurpassed (so far) record by Briton Craig Harrison. During the Afghan conflict in November 2009, he made his best double shot at a range of 2707 yards (2475 meters). The defeat of the target is documented - two Taliban machine gunners were killed in succession. This record makes Harrison the best sniper of all time.

Why are there no Russian snipers on the list? First, we never had such a cult long-range shooting, secondly, the army doctrine was different.

However, in a non-combat situation, Russian snipers set a world record by hitting a target at a distance of almost three and a half kilometers from the firing position.

At the same time, it is known that the work of our sniper professionals is classified, and not only the names are not known, but also the rifles with which these masters work. It is possible that the heir of Vasily Zaitsev lives somewhere in Russia, who somewhere and sometime, in one of the conflicts, hit the target and at a greater distance than any of the seven above-mentioned foreigners.

While the sniper has a long and colorful history, last years, thanks to the development of technology, the range and accuracy of weapons have improved, allowing you to shoot more shots. Pocket computers, devices that collect information about the weather and the quality of the atmosphere, and laser rangefinders are all there to improve the accuracy of the shooter.

Curious what was the longest sniper shot ever? Most of the longest sniper shots recorded in history took place at the beginning of this century, although the fifth long shot was made back in the 60s!

5. Sergeant of the Artillery Regiment Carlos Hatchcock

Sergeant artillery regiment Carlos Hatchcock

This US Marine is still considered a legend, and rightly so. In more than forty years, only four other snipers have managed to beat his record, which was made in 1967. With a M2 0.50 caliber Browning machine gun and a telescopic sight, from a distance of 2286 meters, he shot down a Viet Cong guerrilla. His record remained unbroken until 2002. Hatchcock's shot was 2286 meters.

4. Sergeant Brian Kremer

Beretta M82A1

Kremer is fourth with a shot at 2299 meters, narrowly beating Hatchcock's record. This US soldier used an M82A1 Beretta and was a member of the 2nd Ranger Battalion in the Iraq War. He was not, however, the first to break Hatchcock's record. Kremer's shot was taken in 2004, two years after Corporal Rob Furlong and Master Corporal Aaron Perry, they broke Hatchcock's record in 2002.

3. Master Corporal Aaron Perry

TAC50

In March 2002, this Canadian soldier from 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia, Canadian Light Infantry broke the old Hatchcock record by firing a Macmillan Tac-50 from 2,309 meters during the war in Afghanistan.

2. K April Rob Furlong

Canadian Forces sniper Rob Furlong

Furlong was also a Canadian infantryman like Master Corporal Aaron Perry, and he managed to break a comrade's record in the same month during the war in Afghanistan. Perry set his record, Furlong beat him with prey at 2429 meters, a very long shot indeed, in Operation Anaconda. Furlong used the same type of weapon as Perry.

1. Copral Craig Harrison

Corpral Craig Harrison

And the winner for the longest sniper shot In November 2009, British Cavalry Corporal Craig Harrison fired an Accuracy International L115A3 during the war in Afghanistan, flying an astonishing 2,475 meters, again well ahead of the previous record holder. This was no accidental achievement. Harrison creatively modified his equipment to achieve the level of accuracy and range needed to shoot at such a huge distance. However, Harrison does say in his reports that he owes some of the credit to the good weather, which was optimal for long-range shooting.

It's still pretty amazing that Hatchcock retains fifth place in the record book after all these years. You'll notice if you check other records held by snipers, most of the top 11 took their shots during the 21st century, with only one other exception, perhaps the most convincing of the lot. Billy Dixon, a civilian buffalo hunter, posted a picture with a 0.50-0.90 caliber Sharps carbine, during the Indian Wars in June 1874, he fired at a distance of 1406 meters. Dixon - still occupies the 9th position in the ranking for the range of a sniper shot. Not bad for a guy relying on 19th century technology!

A sniper's shot can not only hit the enemy, but also sow fear and panic in his ranks. Behind a single shot can be years of preparation and weeks of waiting for the right moment. Often, by for a long time in wild environment and while waiting for the target, the sniper must have not only all the skills of survival, but also the ability not to lose concentration at a critical moment. At such a moment, a lot depends on what kind of weapon he has in his hands. Modern sniper rifles are sometimes real miracles of engineering and are capable of hitting objects at a distance of more than two kilometers. We have selected for you 10 of the most famous sniper rifles - from those that helped near Stalingrad to those that are used in modern special operations.

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1. "Three-ruler" Mosin

In 1931, the Mosin rifle became the first Soviet sniper rifle, having received the "sighting tube" of the Podolsk Optical Plant. The design subsequently underwent certain changes. "Three-ruler" has proven itself well at short and medium distances during the Second World War. Yes, in Battle of Stalingrad 98 snipers of the 13th Guards rifle division destroyed 3879 German soldiers and officers.

ASVK, or large-caliber army sniper rifle, was developed in the USSR in the late 1980s. This 12 kg rifle is capable of hitting lightly armored and unarmored military equipment up to a kilometer away. You can’t even talk about the defeat of a person - a bullet fired from this gun will fly one and a half kilometers at a speed of about 850 meters per second.

3. Vintorez

This silent sniper rifle was developed in the same 1980s as ASVK. She was intended for special units. Later, after the collapse of the USSR, the screw cutter was actively used during the First and Second Chechen wars, as well as during the Georgian-Ossetian conflict. The length of the rifle does not even reach 90 centimeters, and the weight is less than three kilograms.

After domestic samples, it's time to move to the USA, where in 1990 the Calico M951S rifle was developed, which perfectly hits targets at medium distances. Its features are a high rate of fire and an extremely capacious magazine that can hold up to 100 rounds. Which, however, is not surprising, because the model was created on the basis of the Calico M960 submachine gun.

5. Dragunov sniper rifle

Dragunov self-loading rifle - the best sample products of the Izhevsk Machine-Building Plant. This sniper gun was developed from 1958 to 1963 by a group of designers led by Evgeny Dragunov. Over the years, "Dragunov" has been repeatedly modified and still a little old. Currently, the SVD is considered as a high-quality, but standard rifle for a line fighter who is a sniper in a unit. Nevertheless, at a distance of up to 600 meters, it is still a formidable weapon for the destruction of enemy manpower.

6. CheyTac m200 “Intervention”

CheyTac m200 "Intervention" - one of the components of the American CheyTac LRRS sniper system - is produced in various modifications since 2001. This model is distinguished by the ability to hit targets with high accuracy at long distances (about 2 kilometers). We can say that "Intervention" has become a real phenomenon in the world of computer shooters. So in the famous game "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" she is present as one of the most powerful species weapons.

7. AMP Technical Services DSR-1

German rifle DSR-1 can be called the most accurate, however, only when shooting in ideal conditions - when using specialized cartridges and in the absence of wind. It refers to police or anti-terrorist weapons and is used by European formations such as GSG-9. The professional military doesn't really like the DSR-1 - it is susceptible to dirt and sand, and in real combat, for example, when there was an explosion nearby, it misfires.

8 Accuracy International AS50

The AS50 was first shown to the general public in January 2005 at ShotShow-2005 in the USA. The 1369-millimeter equipment weighs 14.1 kilograms without optics and cartridges and is intended mainly for special operations. The sniper can fold or unfold it with lightning speed and bring it into combat readiness. High accuracy shooting at long distances, a device for mounting various optics, including night ones, make the AS50 one of the best modern examples of sniper rifles.

This rifle has interesting story creation. M82 was assembled by American Ronnie Barrett in his garage back in 1982. After the refusal of a number of leading arms firms, he decided to start small-scale production for domestic market. After 7 years, the Swedish Army buys 100 rifles from Barrett Firearms, and then the US Army pays attention to them during Operations Desert Storm and Desert Shield. Today, the Barett M82 is in service with several dozen countries and can lead aimed shooting over a distance of almost 2 km. The rifle is present in a number of famous films and computer games up to GTA V, which once again confirms its authority.

10 Accuracy International Arctic Warfare

Another brainchild of the legendary English company Accuracy International Ltd., which has been unrivaled since 1980. The UK uses it for military purposes, and the forces use modified models. special purpose and the police. However, in the market civilian weapons this rifle is positioned as "sports" - for example, in Russia a few years ago it could be bought in a gun shop for about 20 thousand dollars. The AWM fired the longest recorded combat sniper shot in history - British soldier Craig Garrison fired at a distance of 2475 meters. The "cultural footprint" of this weapon can also claim a record - AWM is mentioned in a number of the most famous computer shooters, including Call of Duty, Battlefield and, of course, Counter-Strike.

New distance record sniper shooting belongs to the team of Vladislav Lobaev, a Russian arms manufacturer whose precision-guided sniper rifles have been adopted by the FSB and FSO of Russia.

The record was set on September 28, 2017 at a training ground in the Tula region in Russia. Successful shot fired Andrey Ryabinsky from a distance of 4,170 meters at a target measuring 1x2 meters, from a rifle SVLK-14S "Dusk" cartridge caliber .408 Cheytac.

To set a new record for shooting at ultra-long distances, Lobaev Arms specialists modified the rifle and refined the cartridge. This made it possible to disperse a bullet weighing 30 grams to initial speed at 1000 m/s.

As Vladislav Lobaev himself said, 4170 meters is a little more than the recent record of colleagues from North America- they had a shot at 4,157 meters. However, this is not the limit. In the coming days, Russian gunsmiths are planning to set a new record - by 4,200 meters!

Lobaev's team except for production precision weapons has already distinguished itself by earlier record shooting - in April 2015 they installed . After this event, disputes broke out on the Internet about whether live shooting at such distances makes sense. Part of the particularly knowledgeable "experts" claimed that the bullet allegedly loses all its destructive power and falls on the head like "pigeon droppings." Let's leave these statements on their conscience and on the conscience of computer game developers, from where "experts" draw their knowledge, and in order to find the truth, let's turn to reality.

This June, in the Iraqi city of Mosul, Canadian sniper from the Joint Task Force 2 special forces unit, with an accurate shot, destroyed one of the ISIS militants ( terrorist organization, banned in Russia, CIS countries and Europe) who attacked Iraqi army soldiers. The most remarkable thing about this story is that the shot was fired from a distance of just over 2 miles, namely - 3 540 meters!

Canadian sniper in Iraq
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The command of the special operations forces of Canada did not disclose the name of the sniper and the circumstances of the battle, saying that the fact of the shot and the elimination of the militant was confirmed by documentary satellite footage.

It is only known that the sniper used a rifle McMillan TAC-50 with ammunition .50 BMG (12.7x99mm), the sniper position at the time of the shot was in a high-rise building, the bullet's flight time was about 10 seconds. At the same time, the shot had a strong demoralizing effect on the terrorists and actually thwarted the offensive, representatives of the Canadian military department said.

The previous record of a “combat” sniper shot was set in 2009 in Afghanistan, in the Musa-Kala region. Then Corporal Craig Harrison, a special forces sniper from the UK, shot from McMillan TAC-50 eliminated 2 Taliban machine gunners from a distance 2475 meters.

Harrison said that on the day record shot the weather was almost perfect and absolutely calm, and the visibility was excellent. It took him 9 sighting shots to accurately hit the target with 3 shots. Bullets fired by a corporal from a sniper rifle reached their targets in 6 seconds.

There is more information about absolute record range of a shot from a sniper rifle - 3,850 meters, which was installed last year Jim Spinell from the American company Hill Country Rifle. But this is not a “combat” shot, but in terms of high-precision shooting in “peaceful” conditions, the world record now belongs to the team of Vladislav Lobaev.

Speaking about the best sniper shots, first of all, you should take into account the range of the shot and the accuracy of the hit. Based on these criteria , Guns&Ammo magazine ranked the eight longest and most accurate shots officially registered.

Today more than ever modern weapons allows you to hit distant targets. However, one of the record-breaking shots was made more than 50 years ago, which also speaks of the importance of the skills and professionalism of each sniper. All ranges are in yards (1 yard = 91 cm).

Ranked eighth- Shot by American Sergeant Major Jim Gilliland (1367 yards) in the Iraq War. Shot from a standard M24 rifle using standard 7.62x51mm NATO rounds in 2005.

In seventh place- shot by an unknown representative of the Norwegian military contingent in 2007 during the armed conflict in Afghanistan. Rifle - Barrett M82A1. Cartridges - Raufoss NM140 MP. Range - 1509 yards.

number six- Corporal of the British Army Christopher Reynolds and his accurate shot in August 2009 at 2026 yards. Rifle - Accuracy International L115A3. Cartridges - .338 Lapua Magnum LockBase B408. The hit target is a Taliban commander nicknamed "Mullah", responsible for a number of attacks on coalition forces in Afghanistan. For his shot, the corporal was awarded a medal from the hands of Queen Elizabeth II of England.

number five— Sergeant Carlos Hatchhawk, shot at 2500 yards. Date - February 1967, the time of the Vietnamese conflict. The historic shot that made the sergeant a hero of his time was fired from an M2 Browning machine gun. Cartridges - .50 BMG. Hatchcock and today the legend of the American army - he takes fourth place in the list of snipers who hit the maximum number of targets. At one time, the Vietnamese put a $30,000 bounty on his head.

Fourth place- US Sergeant Brian Kremer and shot at 2515 yards. Date is March 2004. Weapon - Barrett M82A1. Cartridges - Raufoss NM140 MP. In two years in Iraq, Kremer fired two successful shots over 2,350 yards.

Third place (bronze) - from a Canadian, Corporal Arron Perry. Shot range - 2526 yards. Date is March 2002. Weapon - McMillan Tac-50. Cartridges - Hornady A-MAX .50 (.50 BMG).

Second place (silver) - a shot at 2657 yards, again by Canadian Corporal Rob Furlong, by date coinciding with Arron Perry's record. Weapons and ammo are the same.

First Place (Gold) - an unsurpassed record of the British Craig Harrison. During the Afghan conflict in November 2009, he fired his best double shot at 2,707 yards. The defeat of the target was documented - two Taliban machine gunners were killed in succession. This record makes Harrison the best of all time.