COULD ASNIPER HIT A TARGET AMILE AWAY?
Absolutely. In fact, the current confirmed combat record distance is 2.35 miles. The record holder is a 58-year-old Ukrainian businessman enlisted into the army to fight the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Vyacheslav Kovalskiy made the shot on the Ukrainian-Russian frontline on 18 November 2023, and the bullet was in the air for less then ten seconds before it hit its human target. However, Kovalskiy and his ‘spotter’ waited several hours for the perfect time to fire, using specialised software to calculate a series of variables. To hit a target at that range, a sniper has to make a series of fine adjustments to account for the effects of gravity, wind, temperature and even humidity. The previous record holder was a Canadian special forces sniper in Iraq, who hit his target from 2.2 miles away.