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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I'm a sniper in the US Army, and Hollywood doesn't show you the hardest part of my job

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SSG Cho told Business Insider that movies focus on a sniper's precision marksmanship, but miss some of the hardest parts of the job.
SSG Cho told Business Insider that movies focus on a sniper's precision marksmanship, but miss some of the hardest parts of the job.

Staff Sgt. Phillip Cho

I'm a US Army sniper in the Arctic, a beast of a place that can chew up even the strongest soldiers

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Staff Sgt. Phillip Cho holding a sniper rifle.
Cho told Business Insider the Arctic can be an challenging beast, but soldiers can thrive in it like any other environment.

Staff Sgt. Phillip Cho

The FBI has arrested a self-touted militia sniper who says he was planning to attack people at the southern border

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Immigrants trying to cross the Texan border despite heightened security measures in Eagle Pass.
Immigrants trying to cross the Texan border despite heightened security measures in Eagle Pass.

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US special operations forces are searching for a new extreme long-range rifle for their next big fight as Ukraine shows the damage that snipers can do

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A team of Green Berets from 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) fire at long range targets during the Menton 2022 Best Sniper Competition at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Dec. 8, 2022
A team of Green Berets from 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) fire at long range targets during the Menton 2022 Best Sniper Competition at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Dec. 8, 2022

U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Thoman Johnson

The Ukrainian sniper team claiming the world's longest kill shot described how they shot a Russian officer from over 2 miles away

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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.
A Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces soldier trains with a sniper rifle (left).

A Ukrainian sniper said he tracked and took out a Russian for wounding his friend

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5: A Ukrainian sniper with the 28th Brigade looks towards a Russian position from a frontline trench outside of Bakhmut, Ukraine, on March 5, 2023.

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A Ukrainian sniper called the Ghost of Bakhmut says he's personally killed 113 Russians. He explains how his elite unit hunts the enemy.

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The Ghost of Bakhmut, commander of an elite team of Ukrainian snipers, seen carrying a rifle.
The Ghost of Bakhmut, commander of an elite team of Ukrainian snipers.

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Ukrainian snipers hunting top enemy commanders are exploiting one of the Russian military's biggest vulnerabilities

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A view from the viewfinder of a Ukrainian sniper rifle at a shooting range amid Russia and Ukraine war in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on August 09, 2023.
A view from the viewfinder of a Ukrainian sniper rifle at a shooting range amid Russia and Ukraine war in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on August 09, 2023.

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Ukrainian sniper ripped apart by a Russian shell says he had 16 operations to put his teeth and body back together so he could return to the front lines

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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, not one interviewed by CNN, calibrates the telescopic sight of his rifle during heavy shelling in Siversk, Ukraine, July 8, 2022.

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