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The longest confirmed kill in World War II was by German sniper Matthäus Hetzenauer at 1,100 metres (1,200 yd). The science of long-range sniping came to fruition in the Vietnam War. US Marine Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Hathcock held the record from 1967 to 2002 at 2,286 m (2,500 yd). [12] He recorded 93 official kills.
Carlos Norman Hathcock II (May 20, 1942 – February 22, 1999) was a United States Marine Corps (USMC) sniper with a service record of 93 confirmed kills. Hathcock's record and the extraordinary details of the missions he undertook made him a legend in the U.S. Marine Corps.
In 1991, Mawhinney's exploits were recounted by fellow Marine sniper and author Joseph Ward in his book Dear Mom: A Sniper's Vietnam. [12] [13] Ward credited Mawhinney with 101 confirmed kills, which was controversial, [14] as it was generally believed that the 93 confirmed kills by Carlos Hathcock was more than any other Marine sniper. [5]
A Canadian Army sniper who briefly held the record for the longest-ever recorded and confirmed sniper kill in 2002. [6] 1+ Canada: Stepan Petrenko 1922–1984 1941–1945 Soviet sniper during the Second World War with 422 confirmed kills, awarded the HSU (Hero of the Soviet Union). [32] 422 Soviet Union: Ranjith Premasiri Madalana (Nero) 1969 ...
1.1 Kyle Swanson sniper series. 2 References. Toggle the table of contents. ... Kill Zone (2007) Dead Shot (2009) Clean Kill (2010) An Act of Treason (2011) Running ...
A Ukrainian sniper claims to have broken the world record by killing a Russian soldier almost 2.5 miles away, with a custom rifle called ‘Lord of the Horizon’.. The previous record was held by ...
Simo Häyhä (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈsimo ˈhæy̯hæ] ⓘ; 17 December 1905 – 1 April 2002), often referred to by his nickname The White Death (Finnish: Valkoinen kuolema; Russian: Бе́лая смерть, romanized: Bélaya smert’), was a Finnish military sniper during World War II in the 1939–1940 Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union.
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).