Take a look at this beauty:
It's the British made L115A3 Long Range Rifle and it kills from a mile away. Too freaking cool if you ask me:
British Army snipers call it 'the Silent Assassin' and it is the weapon the Taliban fear the most.It is the British-made L115A3 Long Range Rifle which, in recent weeks, has killed scores of enemy fighters in Afghanistan.
In a new initiative on the front line, the Army is using sniper platoons to target the Taliban and 'The Long', as the snipers call it, can take out insurgents from a mile away.
Many of the elite marksmen who use the rifle make their own extraordinary suits of camouflage to stay hidden from the Taliban.
Some have been known to go 'under cover' for two days while they pick off the enemy.
Last week Army snipers were training with the rifle and full camouflage on the snow-covered ranges of the Support Weapons School at the Land Warfare Centre at Warminster, Wiltshire...
The L115A3 Long Range Sniper Rifle - based on a weapon used by the British Olympic shooting team - weighs 15lbs, fires 8.59mm rounds and has a range of 1,100-1,500 yards.
Check out the link and take a look at the camouflage the snipers where as they hunt the Taliban. It's the stuff of movies.
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Comments (20)
The other ultimate firearm.... (Below threshold)1. Posted by davey | February 15, 2009 12:18 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
The other ultimate firearm... http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&catalogId=11101&langId=-1&productId=14807&tabselected=over&isFirearm=Y&parent_category_rn=15714
1. Posted by davey | February 15, 2009 12:18 PM |
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Posted on February 15, 2009 12:18
2. Posted by John | February 15, 2009 12:38 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Sweet rifle...still partial to my 7mm Magnum though :)
2. Posted by John | February 15, 2009 12:38 PM |
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Posted on February 15, 2009 12:38
3. Posted by iurockhead | February 15, 2009 1:12 PM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
"What do you feel when you kill a Taliban?"
"Recoil."
3. Posted by iurockhead | February 15, 2009 1:12 PM |
Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Posted on February 15, 2009 13:12
4. Posted by proof | February 15, 2009 1:14 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
As they say, "You can run, but you'll only die tired!"
4. Posted by proof | February 15, 2009 1:14 PM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on February 15, 2009 13:14
5. Posted by Jason | February 15, 2009 1:23 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
incredibly cool
5. Posted by Jason | February 15, 2009 1:23 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on February 15, 2009 13:23
6. Posted by CharlieDontSurf | February 15, 2009 1:26 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
.338 Lapua Magnum, vaporizing skulls since 1983.
http://www.snipercentral.com/338.htm
6. Posted by CharlieDontSurf | February 15, 2009 1:26 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on February 15, 2009 13:26
7. Posted by MPR | February 15, 2009 1:30 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
I wonder when the video of a terrorists head disappearing in a red mist will show up on Youtube.
7. Posted by MPR | February 15, 2009 1:30 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on February 15, 2009 13:30
8. Posted by GarandFan | February 15, 2009 1:46 PM | Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
We need those people in Washington right now.
8. Posted by GarandFan | February 15, 2009 1:46 PM |
Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Posted on February 15, 2009 13:46
9. Posted by ExSubNuke | February 15, 2009 2:25 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Cool as that may be, I still prefer The Barrett
9. Posted by ExSubNuke | February 15, 2009 2:25 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on February 15, 2009 14:25
10. Posted by OLDPUPPYMAX | February 15, 2009 3:46 PM | Score: 1 (5 votes cast)
Afghanistan, hell! We're going to need these right here and very, very soon.
10. Posted by OLDPUPPYMAX | February 15, 2009 3:46 PM |
Score: 1 (5 votes cast)
Posted on February 15, 2009 15:46
11. Posted by STaylor | February 15, 2009 4:51 PM | Score: 1 (7 votes cast)
Hey guys, lets keep the revolutionary rhetoric to a minimum. Yes, a sorry excuse for a president has been elected and the next four years will suck but we can't holler for a revolution every time we lose an election. Doing so will only undermine your postition and and could potentially be harmful to democracy, sometimes the other guy has to win.
But of course that's just my humble opinion.
11. Posted by STaylor | February 15, 2009 4:51 PM |
Score: 1 (7 votes cast)
Posted on February 15, 2009 16:51
12. Posted by Knightbrigade | February 15, 2009 8:17 PM | Score: -1 (3 votes cast)
ps. I gotta put L115A3 Sniper Rifle
on next years Christmas list.....lol
12. Posted by Knightbrigade | February 15, 2009 8:17 PM |
Score: -1 (3 votes cast)
Posted on February 15, 2009 20:17
13. Posted by irongrampa | February 15, 2009 8:19 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
God, I love gun pr0n.
13. Posted by irongrampa | February 15, 2009 8:19 PM |
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Posted on February 15, 2009 20:19
14. Posted by STaylor | February 15, 2009 9:18 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Knightbrigade
I don't agree with just about anything that BO is doing either but nothing will doom a democracy faster than one side resorting to violence over a difference in policy. I do realize that most of the above comments are in good fun and not seriouse but such comments only give ammunition to those who would try to take our freedoms away such as the right to arms. I also realize that at some point revolution in the name of freedom is both needed and moral but we are no where near that point yet. Yet.
P.S. Such a pretty gun shouldn't be so far out of my price range (sigh) until it I guess got to make due.
14. Posted by STaylor | February 15, 2009 9:18 PM |
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Posted on February 15, 2009 21:18
15. Posted by Spurwing Plover | February 15, 2009 9:55 PM | Score: -1 (1 votes cast)
It sounds like a sniper rifle and one that OBAMASES THE FREAK will want banned under the KENNEDY KREEPS
15. Posted by Spurwing Plover | February 15, 2009 9:55 PM |
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Posted on February 15, 2009 21:55
16. Posted by Justice58 | February 15, 2009 10:46 PM | Score: -1 (3 votes cast)
I do realize that most of the above comments are in good fun and not seriouse but such comments only give ammunition to those who would try to take our freedoms away such as the right to arms.
I don't see where it's good fun in harming anyone!
I don't agree with just about anything that BO is doing either but nothing will doom a democracy faster than one side resorting to violence over a difference in policy.
What are you implying in that statement? Violence against whom?
16. Posted by Justice58 | February 15, 2009 10:46 PM |
Score: -1 (3 votes cast)
Posted on February 15, 2009 22:46
17. Posted by Tammy | February 16, 2009 11:36 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Wow! Cool toy! Wish I had one. I never served in the military; but I'm a gun enthusiast and as I recently told my daddy, if I had been I would have wanted to be a sniper. Never mind having to lie there in a ghilley suit or under cover for hours and hours, using the bathroom on yourself. The thrill of being able to obliterate your target from a mile away has got to be the ultimate adrenaline rush!
17. Posted by Tammy | February 16, 2009 11:36 AM |
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Posted on February 16, 2009 11:36
18. Posted by max | February 16, 2009 11:46 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Just remember to where your camo.
18. Posted by max | February 16, 2009 11:46 AM |
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Posted on February 16, 2009 11:46
19. Posted by Gmac | February 16, 2009 1:46 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
"I wonder when the video of a terrorists head disappearing in a red mist will show up on Youtube."
They have. Filmed sniper team is on one ridge and jihad johnny is on another. Distance is enough to make him almost invisible in the rocks until he's hit. While its not the pink mist you'd expect, you'd be amazed that a nonexplosive round would do what it did.
Watch at your discretion. NOT FOR THE SQUEAMISH
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VbcMcaabd4
19. Posted by Gmac | February 16, 2009 1:46 PM |
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Posted on February 16, 2009 13:46
20. Posted by Gmac | February 16, 2009 2:02 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
PS...
I prefer the Barrett also.
Carlos Hathcock led the way with innovative uses of ma deuce back in the day. He was legend and had a price on his head for his exploits.
20. Posted by Gmac | February 16, 2009 2:02 PM |
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Posted on February 16, 2009 14:02