The 70 Kilometer Sniper Rifle

Netfotoj · Jan 19, 2008

Whaddaya do when Abrams tank and Bradley guns can't reach a rooftop sniper in Iraq?
You call in GMLRS: The 70 Kilometer Sniper Rifle

Success in Iraq and Afghan combat helped prompt the U.S. Army to place a $5.17 billion order for 43,560 more Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (GMLRS), the 250-pound, land-based precision rockets able to pinpoint targets up to 70 kilometers away, service officials said.

Called the “70-kilometer sniper rifle” by soldiers in combat, the GMLRS is receiving positive feedback from the field, Kinne said.

“Guided MLRS has revolutionized the role of field artillery into the urban fight,” he said. “We can now take a rocket, shoot it up to 70 kilometers and put it precisely on a target while reducing collateral damage. We are able to employ this munition in relatively close proximity to where we are operating.”
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Scroll down the page for a video of the rocket arriving on station and the sniper going off in a huge cloud of dust to look for his 72 virgins. No word back yet on how he's doing in his search but the building he was using for sniper platform is toast also. :mrgreen:

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