u. s holds the record for most confirmed sniper kills in history.
u. s holds the record for most confirmed sniper kills in history.
who holds the record for most confirmed sniper kills in history?
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häyhä's division commander a. svensson credited him with 219 confirmed sniper kills and an equal number of kills by submachine gun, when he awarded him an honorary rifle on 17 february 1940. on 21 december 1939, he achieved his highest daily count of 25 kills. in his diary, military chaplain antti rantama reported 259 confirmed sniper kills and an equal number of kills by submachine gun from the beginning of the war until 7 march 1940, one day after häyhä was seriously wounded.
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bullet::::- british army coh craig harrison of the household cavalry successfully engaged two taliban machine gunners south of musa qala in helmand province in afghanistan in november 2009 at a range of , using an l115a3 long range rifle rifle chambered in .338 lapua magnum. these were the longest recorded and confirmed sniper kills in history.









































bullet::::- canadian corporal rob furlong, formerly of the ppcli (operation anaconda, afghanistan) – achieved a recorded and confirmed sniper kill at in 2002 using a .50 caliber (12.7 mm) mcmillan tac-50 rifle.
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