ArmyInform/Ministry of Defense of Ukraine
- Military snipers are known to engage targets with extreme accuracy from impressively long distances.
- The longest-distance sniper kills were fired from distances as far as one to two miles away.
- A Ukrainian sniper broke the record last November, shooting a Russian soldier from 2.36 miles away.
When a military sniper makes an accurate shot from an extremely long distance, they need more than a spotter and a rangefinder. They need to take into account things such as wind direction, wind speed, air density, and even the Earth's rotation.
Amid all that, they might be making those calculations while enemy troops are actively trying to find and kill them.