Rob Furlong
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Corporal Rob Furlong of the Canadian Forces holds the record for the longest sniper kill in combat.
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[edit] Biography
Born in Newfoundland, Furlong had taught himself to fire a sniper rifle ambidextrously. He served in the 3rd Battalion of the PPCLI, as part of Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan's Shahikot Valley. His sniper team included Master Cpl. Tim McMeekin, Master Cpl. Arron Perry, Dennis Eason and Graham Ragsdale.
Furlong later left the forces to pursue a career as a police officer.
[edit] The sniper kill
A three-man al-Qaeda weapons team was moving into a mountainside position when he shot and killed one carrying an RPK machine gun from a distance of 2,430 metres. His first shot had missed entirely, and his second shot had hit the knapsack on the militant's back. The third struck the target's torso.
The weapon used was a .50-caliber McMillan Brothers TAC-50 rifle.
