Confirmed 700-Meter Kill with M110 SASS!
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Soon after arriving to Afghanistan with their new M110 SASS (Semi-Automatic Sniper Rifle System), soldiers began sighting in the rifle alongside the venerable M24 SWS. Many snipers expressed reluctance to field such a departure from the bolt-action design but quite a few in the 82nd Airborne were anxious for the opportunity to test its mettle.
At an undisclosed location in southern Afghanistan last year, a sniper team armed with the new M110 deployed well ahead of a convoy in a known insurgent environment. Running along the supply route were steep and jagged mountains that provided the enemy with concealment and elevation. A specific point along the convoy’s path to an FOB (forward operation base) was often targeted by insurgent RPG and mortar teams who would shell the convoy before escaping through the mountains. Pursuit of this group was prevented by a river that ran along the road.
After an arduous hike onto a mountain opposite of the one used by the insurgents, the sniper team set up and observed. A long range rifle like the M110 would be necessary to cross the open valley that ranged more than 700 meters. As the convoy approached, the sniper team noticed movement through their Leupold optics as three insurgents scrambled to set up their position.
The first two shots were missed as environmental factors played an unexpected role on each bullet’s flight path. If the M110 hadn’t been suppressed, soldiers report that the enemy might have heard the audible crack and fled. On the third shot, contact was made and the bullet reportedly devastated the body. Before the enemy could flee, the semi-automatic design proved its value to the snipers by dropping a rapid follow-up shot on target. It was at this time, a young lieutenant opened fire with his M249 SAW and killed the third.
—Report By Eric R. Poole
September 12th, 2009 at 10:05 pm
Hey Mr. T, eat a dick you British faggot.
Maybe you shouldn’t credit UK soldier’s for a fictional account that you heared on XBOX Live while playing COD4.
Good to see the M110 is helping our boys overseas effectively kill those walking pieces of shit.
Mr. T would rather suck terrorist cock, than realize the UK and the US are both fighting and WINNING the war on terror and stopping these terrorist asshole from hurting anymore innocent people across the world.
Answer me this Mr T., if we were there for oil, why didn’t we just take it after we kicked Iraqi Ass back in the 90’s? Eat shit and die Mr T, you fucking puss-bag.
August 22nd, 2009 at 6:09 pm
Wow 700yards that must be like… standard sniper range. The UK have the .338 to get kills at 1500y and yet the US has a semi-auto coz it wants to get more kills. YEAH!
Then maybe nextime we can get delivered to some other poor country for no reason, have a good time pretending we’re heroes while we’re helping a bunch of corrupt businessmen f*** off with all the oil. Your only a flesh and blood diversion!
May 3rd, 2009 at 3:05 am
HI LIKE THAT PIC. REALLY IT LOOKS LIKE IT’S REAL I LIKE IT BECAUSE IT’S SOOOO~~~~ POWERFUL THANKS…
May 3rd, 2009 at 3:03 am
HI IT’S SOOOOOOOO~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AMAZING I HAVE A GUN LIKE THAT IN THE GAME SF SPECIAL FORCE.I NEVER THOUGHT IT CAN REALLY BE SO AMAZING!!!!!!!!! HI I’M FROM THE PHILIPPHINES I JUST WANTED TO SEE A PIC. OF M110 SASS I LIKE IT…
April 7th, 2009 at 11:27 am
Hooraay!!