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The sniper used a Ukrainian-made, multi-caliber anti-materiel sniper rifle named Volodar Obriyu (Horizon's Lord). The ammunition used was a newly developed .50 caliber round named 12.7×114 mm HL, which was made by necking down a 14.5×114 mm case.
The world-record comes just a year after Ukraine almost broke the record when one of its snipers shot a Russian soldier from 1.7miles away, thought the be the world’s second-longest combat kill.
The Snipex Alligator long-range large-caliber magazine-fed repeating rifle is designed to engage moving and stationary targets: vehicles, communications and air defense systems, aircraft in parking areas, fortified fixed defensive positions, dugouts, etc. The box magazine is detachable and holds five rounds of ammunition.
The MCR Horizon's Lord is a Ukrainian anti-materiel rifle capable of penetrating targets at long distances. MCR Horizon's Lord is designed to combat anti-tank guided missiles, high caliber machine guns, light armored vehicles, and enemy snipers.
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 ...
The Ukrainian prosecution service says that at least 147 Ukrainian prisoners of war have been executed by Russian forces since the start of the full-scale invasion, 127 of them this year.
A British Army sniper who achieved the fourth longest confirmed kill shot in history (2,475 m) using the Accuracy International L115A3 Long Range Rifle. [23] N/A United Kingdom: Carlos Hathcock: 1942–1999 1959–1979 A renowned United States Marine Corps sniper who is credited with 93 confirmed kills. [24] [25] 93 United States: Dejan Berić ...
Shot in the head by a sniper [110] Ihor Pehenko: Vyshhorod, Kyiv Oblast, born in 1970, 43 years old: 20 February: Shot in the neck by a sniper [111] Vladyslav Zubenko "Svoboda" Party activist from Kharkiv, born in 1991, 22 years old: 28 February: Shot by a sniper 20 February, died from the wounds in the hospital. [112] Artem Mazur: 26 years old ...