[转帖]英狙击手用"沉默杀手" 一英里外成功猎杀塔利班

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The supergun that kills from a mile - and the camouflaged crackshots using it against the Taliban
By Christopher Leake
Last updated at 1:04 AM on 16th February 2009
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/scien ... -using-Taliban.html

British Army snipers call it 'the Silent Assassin' and it is the weapon the Taliban fear the most.

It is the British-made L115A3 Long Range Rifle which, in recent weeks, has killed scores of enemy fighters in Afghanistan.

In a new initiative on the front line, the Army is using sniper platoons to target the Taliban and 'The Long', as the snipers call it, can take out insurgents from a mile away.

Many of the elite marksmen who use the rifle make their own extraordinary suits of camouflage to stay hidden from the Taliban.

Some have been known to go 'under cover' for two days while they pick off the enemy.

Last week Army snipers were training with the rifle and full camouflage on the snow-covered ranges of the Support Weapons School at the Land Warfare Centre at Warminster, Wiltshire.

One of them, known as Yuppie, said: 'You could call it made-to-measure camouflage.

'This one is green string tied into sheets, then covered in straw with straps attached so it fits tight. It took three months and a lot of patience to make.'
His comrade Dean, who like Yuppie is a veteran of Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia and Northern Ireland, said: 'I wouldn't say us snipers are an elite, but we think we're a cut above the rest.'

The L115A3 Long Range Sniper Rifle - based on a weapon used by the British Olympic shooting team -  weighs 15lbs, fires 8.59mm rounds and has a range of 1,100-1,500 yards.

英国陆军狙击手把自己的狙击步枪称为“沉默的杀手”，这些先进的狙击步枪是塔利班武装分子最害怕的武器。

近几周，在阿富汗战场，英军狙击手用英制L115A3型远程狙击步枪猎杀了大量武装分子。

在与塔利班作战的前线，英国陆军正利用狙击小组打击塔利班。英军狙击手把手中的狙击步枪称为“长家伙”，使用这种步枪，狙击手能在一英里之外准确命中叛乱分子。狙击手中的精英分子在进行狙击战时还会巧妙地伪装起来，欺骗塔利班上当。其中一些狙击手为了干掉敌人，甚至需要隐藏两天。

上周，在英国威尔特郡陆战中心的支援武器学校，一些英国陆军狙击手进行了雪地环境下的武器和伪装训练。名为雅皮（Yuppie）的狙击手也参加了本次训练，他是一名伊战老兵，雅皮给大家介绍他所穿的狙击手伪装服：“你可以把它称为特制的伪装服，先要将绿色的布条缝在布料表面，上面再盖上枯草，并绑紧。这种伪装服制作完成共需要3个月,你必须有极大的耐心。”

雅皮的战友迪安（Dean）也是一名伊战老兵，迪安还曾经在阿富汗、波斯尼亚和北爱尔兰执行过任务，迪安称，“我虽然不能说我们狙击手是军中精英，但是，我想我们确实比其他部队高出一等。”

英军狙击手普遍使用L115A3型远程狙击步枪（这种步枪以英国奥运射击队使用的步枪为研制基础），该枪重151镑，口径为8.59毫米，有效射程在1100码到1500码之间。

andrew

世界上最远的狙杀记录是加拿大的士兵，记的达到2公里了。具体数字不能记的，可以查查。