Rob Furlong
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Corporal Rob Furlong of the Canadian Forces holds the record for the longest well-attested sniper kill in combat.
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[edit] Biography
Born in Newfoundland, Furlong had taught himself to fire a sniper rifle ambidextrously. In 2002 he served in the 3rd Battalion of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI), as part of Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan's Shahikot Valley. His sniper team included MCpl. Graham Ragsdale (Team Commander), MCpl. Tim McMeekin, MCpl. Arron Perry, Cpl. Dennis Eason.
Furlong later left the Canadian Forces to pursue a career as a police officer.
[edit] The sniper kill
A three-man al-Qaeda weapons team was moving into a mountainside position when Furlong shot and killed one carrying an RPK machine gun from an accurately measured distance of 2,430 metres (1.51 Miles). His first shot missed entirely, and his second shot had hit the knapsack on the militant's back. The third struck the target's torso.
The weapon used was the Long Range Sniper Weapon (LRSW), a .50-caliber McMillan Brothers TAC-50 rifle.
