Rob Furlong
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Corporal Rob Furlong of the Canadian Forces holds the record for the longest sniper kill in combat.
Born in Newfoundland, Furlong had taught himself to fire a sniper rifle ambidextrously.
He served in the 3rd Battalion of the PPCLI, as part of Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan's Shahikot Valley. His sniper team included Master Cpl. Tim McMeekin, Master Cpl. Arron Perry, Dennis Eason and Graham Ragsdale.
A 3-man al-Qaeda weapons team was moving into a mountainside position when he shot and killed one carrying an RPK machinegun from a distance of 2,430 metres. His first shot had missed entirely, and his second shot had hit the knapsack on the militant's back.
The shot was fired from a .50-caliber MacMillan TAC-50 rifle.
Furlong left the forces to pursue a career as a police officer.
References
Further reading
- [Opinions on above Maclean's article at army.ca]
- [McMillan Tac-50 article including a photo of the actual rifle Furlong used.]
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