Seems that Canadians have the reputation as the world's best snipers, deadly at more than a mile. And a Ukrainian recently pulled off a shot over 6000 feet. You can't hide from these guys. Just sayin

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masterofn001@lemmy.ca · 57 pts · 1y (17 replies)

Canada is big and sparse, of course we are.

But, what is a mile?

titre@lemmynsfw.com · 23 pts · 1y (5 replies)

How'd that Ukrainian get 3000 people to lie down for him to shoot over their feet? That's never going to work in a combat situation.

Kolanaki@pawb.social · 12 pts · 1y (4 replies)

It's easy if you're a good shot; you just kill 3000 enemy combatants in a line and then shoot the 3001st over their feet.

LostXOR@fedia.io · 9 pts · 1y (2 replies)
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Kolanaki@pawb.social · 7 pts · 1y

Ukraine could be done with this whole thing if light grenades were real.

masterofn001@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y

This image reminds me of both catch 22 and slaughterhouse 5.

masterofn001@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y

I like the the way you think.

MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca · 14 pts · 1y

An overcompensated kilometer.

Sturgist@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 1y

what is a mile?

1600 large baguette.

easily3667@lemmus.org · 7 pts · 1y
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jaxxed@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 1y (1 reply)

He had 6000 feet?

whodatdair@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 1y

He’s either amazing at walking or incapable of it… 🤔

LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 1y

About 1,500 liters of maple syrup

HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today · 4 pts · 1y

He was an incredible trumpeter and compose. Feet, though?

skankhunt42@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y (3 replies)

1 mile is 5280 feet

pupbiru@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 1y (2 replies)

how many football fields is that?

skankhunt42@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 1y

It's 7320 poutines. I'm not sure about football fields.

marker2002@midwest.social · 1 pts · 1y

14.666666...

epicstove@lemmy.ca · 16 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Iirc The best Sniper in WW1 was a Canadian (An indigenous one to) then came the white death who best his record in Finland, then a Canadian sniper beat him while serving in the middle east

Correct me if I'm wrong, I might have my facts mixed up.

dustpuppy@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

The Canadians in the middle-east were called the "greatest snipers" by members of the US military - multiple kills over a mile (5280 ft or 1.6 km) but a Ukrainian sniper recently made a shot at well over 6000 ft. Would love to plant a little nervousness in that Orange Chump

epicstove@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y

RIGHT I forgot about the Ukrainian sniper.

cerement@slrpnk.net · 10 pts · 1y (4 replies)

trained by Finns?

Sturgist@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 1y (3 replies)

As of the 2016 census, there are 143,645 Canadians of Finnish ancestry.

ZJBlank@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y (2 replies)

And we did just pick a Finnish rifle to equip the Canadian Rangers with

Sturgist@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y

Fuckin deadly!

k0e3@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y

Call in a Canadian to Finnish the job.

shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 1y

Marksmanship is quite popular up here

Montreal_Metro@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y

Whose feet? 🦶

CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org · -6 pts · 1y

Yeah, those records always omit that it's thousands of bullets sprayed over the vast distance with one coincidentally hitting.

There's a saying that amateurs talk tactics, experts talk logistics and idiots talk about weapons. Marksmanship probably falls in at the same level with tactics.

Edit: Lol, boo all you want, it's true.