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The Forty-First (Russian: Сорок первый, romanized: Sorok pervyy) is a 1956 Soviet war romance film based on the eponymous novel by Boris Lavrenyov. It was directed by Grigori Chukhrai and starred Izolda Izvitskaya and Oleg Strizhenov .
Harrison killed the two Taliban machine gunners with shots that took the 8.59 mm (0.338 inch) rounds almost five seconds to hit their targets, which were 900 m (980 yd) beyond the L115A3 sniper rifle's recommended range. A third shot took out the insurgents' machine gun. The rifle used was made by Accuracy International. [21]
Lon Tomohisa Horiuchi (born June 9, 1954) is an American former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) sniper and former United States Army officer who was involved in the 1992 Ruby Ridge standoff and 1993 Waco siege.
A distinguished Ukrainian Senior Sergeant and proficient sniper, Stephan Petrenko notably contributed to the Soviet Union’s reputation of having the most adept snipers during WWII. He was born ...
The Whitworth rifle was an English-made percussion rifle used in the latter half of the 19th century. A single-shot muzzleloader with excellent long-range accuracy for its era, especially when used with a telescopic sight, the Whitworth rifle was widely regarded as the world's first sniper rifle.
The 50-pound Snipex Alligator rifle is as long as its namesake—and just as dangerous. The Ukrainian Armed Forces officially adopted the weapon in 2021.
On August 2, 2006, Job was shot in the head while on an overwatch mission with fellow SEAL members Chris Kyle and Marc Alan Lee in Ramadi, Iraq.A bullet fired by an enemy gunman ricocheted off Job's Mk 48 machine gun and struck him in the left side of his face; the bullet went through his head and left him permanently blind.
The H2 documentary, Sniper: Inside the Crosshairs (March 10, 2015), depicted a sniper team that successfully reenacted the "through the scope" shot. The 1993 film Sniper, starring Tom Berenger and Billy Zane, was loosely based on Hathcock's first Vietnam tour. Scenes include the "through the scope" shot, as well as the assassination of the ...