In November 2009, the Accuracy International L115A3 sniper rifle was the weapon used in the most prodigious feat of marksmanship in military history – two consecutive confirmed kills at 2.47 kilometers were followed by a third shot which disabled the (much smaller) machine gun the two combatants had been carrying. Shortly after that, a British sniper in Afghanistan has reportedly killed six insurgents with one bullet from a distance of 850 m (930 yards) using the L115A3.

During December 2013, The Telegraph reported about a British sniper in the Coldstream Guards, who killed six Taliban with one bullet during a gun battle with 15-20 Taliban in Kakaran in southern Afghanistan.

The initial target is believed to have been wearing an suicide vest packed with explosives which was to be used in a suicide bomber attack, and the bullet caused the vest to explode, killing five Taliban in the near vicinity. Another unexploded suicide vest was found nearby, indic ... Tovább »