Whats the Furthest range of the most powerful sniper rifle?

Question

Whats the Furthest range of the most powerful sniper rifle?

Answer 1

Both the Marine Corps and the Army have completed separate assessments that reached the same conclusion — snipers need to be able to take longer-range anti-personnel shots, said Col. Robert Radcliffe, who heads up the Directorate of Combat Developments at Benning.

“We agree we would like to have a longer-range antipersonnel system,” he said. “We haven’t figured out how to solve that yet.”

Both the Army and the Marine Corps use versions of a .50-caliber sniper rifle that is effective out to 2,000 meters, but the 30-pound weapon is mainly intended to destroy large nonhuman targets such as light-skinned vehicles.

The Army and the Corps want a weapon comparable in weight to the Marine M40 series sniper weapon, the M110 and the M24, all of which weigh about 17 pounds.

Several sources have told Army Times that the Marine Corps has considered the .338 Lapua magnum, an extreme long-range round that is proving increasingly popular with special operations units. The .338 has an effective range of about 1,600 meters.

Marine Lt. Col. Tracy Tafolla, program manager for infantry weapons from the Marine Corps System Command at Marine Base Quantico, Va., acknowledged that the Marine Corps has looked at the .338 along with other heavier calibers, but he said “we are not dictating the caliber” for the long-range sniper rifle program. “It’s performance-based.”

The Marine program is leaving the door open for a weapon that could hit targets out to 1,800 meters, but Benning officials said they are looking at a requirement of 1,500 meters.

“After 1,500 meters, you are going to have problems identifying targets with the optics we have today,” Bell said.

It will likely be about eight months before industry will see a request for proposal for this new system, Tafolla said.

In the meantime, Benning officials are considering a possible reversal of the decision on the M24 and to allow units to carry both it and the M110. For now, units will continue to turn in their M24s when they receive the M110s.

Although it’s still only in the idea phase, Radcliffe said, “what we are talking about, conceptually, is we want to retain the M24 in the sniper team.”

Keeping the M24 would give sniper teams two precision weapons until it could eventually be replaced by the longer-range antipersonnel system, Benning officials said.

There is no timeline for when a decision might be made on the M24, but Radcliffe acknowledged the criticism from many snipers in the Army on the decision to phase out the M24.

Answer 2

Barett 50. Cal 2km

Answer 3

The longest confirmed sniper kill to date is 1.5 miles using a  McMillan TAC-50 long range sniper rifle http://world.guns.ru/sniper/sn74-e.htm

Until that record is broken by another sniper using a another rifle the McMillian holds the title

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Answer 4

I've heard claims that a Canadian sniper made a kill using a Barrett .50 BMG rifle at a range of almost 1.5 miles.  I don't know how much truth is in that claim though.

Doc

Answer 5

The Military has rifles you wouldnt even dream about, yourve seen the machine guns the helicopters are equipped with, just imagine what theyre sniper rifles are liked! I dont know distance but roughly knock a man over at 10km and further

Answer 6

L115A3 from Accuracy International in the UK

Has an accuracy range of over 1 mile - I think that there are newer ones being developed and tested but not yet in general military use

Answer 7

i've heard the longest kill was from 1 and 1/4 mile with a 50  

Answer 8

I would say the Barrett M82, uses .50BMG and fires up to more than 1.8km. An excellent Marksman could fire 10 rounds (finishing up the bullets) in 10 seconds.

Further development led to the M82A2 bull-pup rifle (1987), which was designed to be fired from the shoulder, but did not succeed, and was soon dropped from production. The M82A2 was obviously designed as a cheap anti-helicopter weapon, suitable for use against highly mobile targets when fired from the shoulder. The latest derivative of the M82 family is the M82A1M rifle, adopted by USMC as the M82A3 SASR and bought in significant numbers. This rifle differs from M82A1 in that it have a full length Picatinny rail that allows a huge variety of scopes and sighting devices to be mounted on the rifle. Other changes are addition of the rear monopod, slightly lightened mechanism and detachable bipod and muzzle brake. The Barrett M82 rifles were bought by various military and police countries from at least 30 countries, such as Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, UK, USA and others. The M82 also is widely used for civilian .50 caliber long range shooting competitions, being fired accurately out to 1000 yards (911 meters) and even further.

Answer 9

.50

Answer 10

The Barrett XM 109 sniper rifle. It is a 25 MM rifle with an effective range of around 2500 meters.

Answer 11

idk but on future weapons on disc channel he looked at one that was accurate up to 2 miles (.50 cal)