10-18-2006, 05:17
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No military is imune to the BS
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Rob Furlong had just killed another human being from 2,430 m, the rough equivalent of standing at Toronto's CN Tower and hitting a target near Bloor Street. It was -- and still is -- the longest-ever recorded kill by a sniper in combat, surpassing the mark of 2,250 m set by U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. Carlos Hathcock during the Vietnam War.
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10-18-2006, 07:54
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A lot of poetic license there which makes the rest suspect, but if true, amazing.
Hell of a shot.
Also amazing that you can put a .50 through someone's chest and be a hero, but be investigated for what you do with the body afterwards.
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10-18-2006, 09:15
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"Stand by," Furlong said again. Another loud pop echoed through the valley, sending a .50-calibre shell -- rocket-shaped, almost as long as a beer bottle -- slicing through the Afghan sky."
Poetic license indeed!
I have seen this before, and I believe the gist of the story is true.
Damn shame!
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10-18-2006, 16:48
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I was talking with Bill Wolfe about this at one of his seminars shortly after this whole thing went down. He was extremely proud of the team and there ability; yet utterly disgusted and ashmand by his Army's actions after the fact.
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10-18-2006, 17:26
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Putting other issues aside, which was the better shot considering Vietnam era hardware?
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10-18-2006, 20:46
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Originally Posted by incommin
Putting other issues aside, which was the better shot considering Vietnam era hardware?
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Hathcock did it with an issued Ma Deuce using M33 Ball and his 10x Unertl off his sniper rifle, IIRC, with his second round, versus a very high end McMillan sniper rifle with special ammo, likely a Nightforce or Leupold, and more rounds, so I would give Carlos the edge, personally, though he always said that he just got lucky.
Great shooting, regardless.
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10-18-2006, 23:47
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Instead, Furlong -- Bronze Star winner and Canadian war hero -- lives a life of relative anonymity. Even when his world record somehow became Perry's property, he chose to keep his mouth shut. "It's quiet professionalism," he says, his Newfoundland accent still thick after a decade in Alberta. "That's what we've always been taught."
Only now, more than four years after Anaconda, has Furlong finally agreed to show his face and tell his story. He did not go searching for the spotlight. Maclean's found him, not the other way around. "Me coming here today was not to seek credit for anything, and I want that to be known," he says, sitting in a small Edmonton hotel room. "Do I care? No, I really don't. Do I need to set the record straight by saying that I was the one who pulled the trigger when that shot was made? No, I don't."
What he does say is typical Rob Furlong. The entire sniper cell -- not him -- should have been credited with the record. No names. No fame. "It's not going to make a difference if Ragsdale did it or Perry did it or I did it or McMeekin did it or Eason did it," he says. "It doesn't matter who did it. That guy was taken out and he didn't have an opportunity to kill anybody else, and that was it."
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I look up to these fine gentlemen.
Thanks for the great article, Kyobanim
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