"The Canadian Special Operations Command can confirm that a member of Joint Task Force 2 successfully hit a target at 3,540 metres," the forces said in a statement. "For operational security reasons and to preserve the safety of our personnel and our Coalition partners we will not discuss precise details on when and how this incident took place."
While the Canadian military will (for obvious reasons) not reveal the names of those involved or the location of the shot, they are confirming that the bullet stopped an ISIS attack on Iraqi forces and happened sometime within the last month.
The elite sniper was using a McMillan TAC-50 sniper rifle while firing from a high-rise during an operation that took place within the last month in Iraq. It took under 10 seconds to hit the target.
"Under ten seconds" may sound quick, but if you count from 1-10 you start to get an idea of just how far that bullet was travelling.
Kudos to our friends in the Great White North.
Here's a graphic of the shot, via the
Daily Mail.
When it comes to amazing snipers and their even more amazing abilities, we have a new world-record holder. An unidentified Canadian special forces operative has obliterated the old longest-confirmed-kill record with an astonishing 2-mile shot. The previous longest shot was made by a British sniper at a distance of 8,120 feet or 2,475 meters.
At 11,319 feet, the new record is almost 3,200 feet (or almost 1,100 meters) longer.
From Toronto's Globe and Mail: