Rob Furlong

Rob Furlong (born November 11, 1976 on Fogo Island , Newfoundland) is a former corporal of the Canadian Armed Forces , who became known in 2002 through a precision shot.

In 2002 Furlong was in Afghanistan as part of Operation Anaconda . Furlong's observers located a Taliban machine gunner at a distance of 2,430 meters , and Furlong then fired. It took Furlong three tries to kill him. The first projectile missed its target. The second shot hit the Taliban's backpack. Although he noticed this, he did not leave his shooting range. The projectile ( 12.7 × 99 mm NATO ) was fired from a McMillan Tac-50 sniper rifle.

Furlong's shot was until then the hit from the greatest distance in combat conditions. More than seven years later, British Craig Harrison fired a shot from a greater distance.

backgrounds

The media interest caused the Canadian television broadcaster CBC to produce a background report on Furlong's shot. He had his own say on the program “Sunday”. Furlong, who grew up in Newfoundland , was very enthusiastic about weapons and hunting from a very early age. Before joining the Canadian Army, he never did shooting sports.

The shot was carried out with a .50 ammunition made in the USA. According to Furlong, the US ammunition has a stronger propellant charge than the .50 ammunition from Canadian production, which increases the range. He used a rifle scope with 16x magnification. On the day in question, he could only vaguely see the Taliban that had been hit.

At the time of the hit, the team of snipers did not know from what distance they had fired the shot. Furlong only found out about the distance a few days later.

After leaving the army, Furlong worked as a police officer. Furlong was suspended from the police force in August 2013 for urinating on a colleague and other misconduct.

He opened a sniper training facility in Alberta in 2013.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Michael Friscolanti: 'We were abandoned'. In: Macleans.ca. May 15, 2006, accessed December 18, 2008 . 
2. ↑ Elite Sniper Unit Abandoned ( English, French ) In: The Canadian Encyclopedia . Retrieved August 21, 2016.
3. ↑ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/afghanistan/article7113916.ece
4. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated November 2, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/firing-of-edmonton-police-officer-for-urinating-on-another-officer-upheld-1.1419913
6. ↑ School for snipers . In: Toronto Sun . Accessed in 2016-22-11.