Tag: taliban

  • British Army Sniper Craig Harrison Sets New Record

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    A British Army sniper has set a new sharpshooting distance record by killing two Taliban machinegunners in Afghanistan from more than a mile away. Craig Harrison, a member of the Household Cavalry, killed the insurgents with consecutive shots — even though they were 3,000ft beyond the most effective range of his rifle. The distance to…

  • Gatorade And The Taliban – Talibade

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    In my previous post about the U.S. abandoning their position in the Korengal Valley in Afghanistan, frequent commenter Aleksandr Mravinsky pointed out that the video showed one of the Taliban bozos at 3min 10sec with a Gatorade (pictured above). So naturally I fired up photoshop…

  • U.S. Abandoned Position in Korengal Valley And Apparently Left Lots Behind

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    [youtube width=”560″ height=”340″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsyNvgDvvQw[/youtube] Boxes of ammunition, mortars, rockets, missiles? Tons of fuel left in the tanks? How hard would it have been to put everything on a pile and blow it up?  I don’t buy it… My guess is the Taliban is just making that up to appear stronger. I do think its odd that…

  • Taliban Snipers in Marja Afghanistan

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    For several days, and in several places, competent and deliberate marksmen fired on Marine patrols. A video today presents one such event, a firefight between the Marines of Kilo Company, Third Battalion, Sixth Marines, and Taliban fighters, including at least one Taliban gunman the Marines considered to be a sniper. Full Story – HERE Very…

  • Why The Taliban Suck At Shooting

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    Data showed that while the Taliban can be canny and brave in combat their rifle fire is often remarkably ineffective. The factors at play: Limited knowledge of marksmanship fundamentals A frequent reliance on automatic fire from assault rifles The poor condition of many of those rifles Old and mismatched ammunition that is also in poor…

  • Signs you might be Taliban

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    You refine heroin for a living, but you have a moral objection to beer. You own a machine gun and rocket launcher, but you can’t afford shoes. You have more wives than teeth. You wipe your butt with your bare left hand, but consider bacon “unclean.” You think vests come in two styles: bullet-proof and…