14 of the world deadliest snipers

News24xx.com - Last month, a Canadian Special Forces sniper operating in Iraq took a shot at an ISIS terrorist 3,450 metres away.

Ten seconds later the terrorist was dead. This was the longest distance confirmed kill in history.


According to reports, the round was fired from a TAC-50 rifle from the top of a building. The sniper is a member of the elite JTF2 (Joint Task Force 2) special forces unit that is tasked with counter-terrorism and hostage rescue.


A report in The Globe And Mail states that according to military experts, this record may never be broken. The previous record was held by British soldier Craig Harrison who shot and killed a Taliban militant at 2,475 meters away.


And while we're at it, here's a list of 14 of the world's deadliest snipers.


1. Simo Hayha, 505 kills, Finland
2. Ivan Sidorenko, 500 plus kills, Soviet Union
3. Fyodor Okhlopkov, 429, Soviet Union
4. Francis Pegahmagabow, 378 kills, Canada
5. Lyudmila Pavlichenko, 309 kills, Soviet Union
6. Chris Kyle, 255 kills, USA
7. Vasily Zaytsev, 242 kills, Soviet Union
8. Zhang Taofang, 214 kills, China
9. Ranjith Premasiri Madalana, 180 kills, Sri Lanka
10. Corporal in British Royal Marines, 173 kills, British
11. Adelbert Waldron, 109 kills, USA
12. Carlos Norman Hathcock, 93 kills, USA
13. Roza Shanina, 59 kills, Soviet Union
14. Thomas Plunkett, 2 kills, British