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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 ...
Gary Gray (basketball) (born 1945), former NBA guard; Gary Gray (footballer) (born 1953), Australian rules footballer; Gary Gray (politician) (born 1958), British-born Australian member of parliament; Gary Gray (recording engineer), Canadian recording engineer; Gary LeRoi Gray (born 1986), American actor and voice actor; F. Gary Gray (born 1969 ...
The L115A3 Long Range Rifle. Craig Harrison (born November 1974) [1] is a former Corporal of Horse (CoH) in the Blues and Royals, a cavalry regiment of the British Army, who from 2009 to 2017 held the record for the longest confirmed sniper kill in combat, at a range of 2,475 m (2,707 yd).
The Negotiator is a 1998 American crime thriller film directed by F. Gary Gray. It stars Samuel L. Jackson and Kevin Spacey as Chicago Police Department lieutenants who are expert hostage negotiators. The film was released in the United States on July 29, 1998, receiving generally positive reviews from critics and grossing $88 million worldwide.
British sniper in training in Northumberland, 2010. In November 2009, Craig Harrison, a Corporal of Horse (CoH) in the Blues and Royals RHG/D of the British Army struck two Taliban machine gunners consecutively south of Musa Qala in Helmand Province in Afghanistan at a range of 2,475 m (2,707 yd) or 1.54 miles using a L115A3 Long Range Rifle.
"Baseline Killer" – Mark Goudeau "Baton Rouge Serial Killer" – Derrick Todd Lee "Beast" – Luis Garavito (Spanish: La Bestia) "Beast of Atteridgeville" – Johannes Mashiane "Beast of Birkenshaw" – Peter Manuel "Beast of British Columbia" – Clifford Olson "Beast of Manchester" – Trevor Hardy "Beast of Montmartre" – Thierry Paulin
The British Ministry of Defence issued a new type of body armour, which was both expensive (£4,000) and too heavy (14.5 kg or 32 lbs) for use on patrol. [73] The British Army's official assessment on Operation Banner acknowledges that the sniper campaign "had an impact on morale among some troops and police officers". [74]
The Greysteel massacre [1] [2] was a mass shooting that took place on the evening of 30 October 1993 in Greysteel, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.Members of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), a loyalist paramilitary group, opened fire on civilians in a crowded pub during a Halloween party, killing eight and wounding nineteen.