Here are the 5 longest-distance sniper kills in military history

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A Horizon's Lord sniper rifle is on display in front of a graphic of the Ukrainian flag.
A Horizon's Lord sniper rifle is on display in front of a graphic of the Ukrainian flag.

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A Ukrainian soldier is claiming the world's longest sniper kill, using a gun named 'Horizon's Lord'

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A composite image showing, left, a Ukrainian Territorial Defense brigade sniper in training, used for illustration purposes only, and a view of the claimed longest sniper shot highlighted in a circle in footage released by Ukrainian Special forces in November 2023.
(L) A Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces soldier trains with a sniper rifle.

An elite team of Ukrainian snipers dubbed 'Devils and Angels' is taking out top Russian commanders to demoralize troops: 'We work quietly, we are invisible'

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A Ukrainian sniper calibrates the telescopic sight of his rifle during heavy shelling in Siversk, Ukraine, July 08th, 2022.
A Ukrainian sniper calibrates the telescopic sight of his rifle during heavy shelling in Siversk, Ukraine, July 08th, 2022.

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Ukrainian sniper says there's no duels like in movies and that he prefers his AK to his expensive sniper rifle for front-line fighting

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A Ukrainian sniper with the 28th Brigade looks towards a Russian position from a frontline trench on March 05, 2023 outside of Bakhmut, Ukraine.
A Ukrainian sniper with the 28th Brigade looks towards a Russian position from a frontline trench on March 05, 2023 outside of Bakhmut, Ukraine.

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