Russia to unveil the longest range sniper rifle in the world

[bwframe]

Russia to unveil the longest range sniper rifle in the world

The weapon will be able to hit targets up to 7 km away and is poised to change the whole sniper rifle market.

www.rbth.com

 

[BugI02]

At those kind of ranges you might as well use 155s since you're just lobbing it in anyway

Time of flight over eight seconds at an unrealistic 3600 fps MV. Will the round have any lethality at the velocity it arrives at? Typically most rifle calibers lose half their MV in the first 800 yds which is a bit less than ONE kilometer

 

[DadSmith]

Russia to unveil the longest range sniper rifle in the world

The weapon will be able to hit targets up to 7 km away and is poised to change the whole sniper rifle market.

www.rbth.com

I'm disappointed I was expecting the comrades to have come out with a modern 20mm sniper rifle. So disappointing.....

 

[Tombs]

That range is a little on the hilariously optimistic side.

The 14.9mm is what was built for doing things like that: