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+====== Craig Harrison ======
+==== Furthest recorded confirmed sniper ====
+Craig Harrison has the furthest recorded confirmed sniper kill from 2,475 m. He struck and killed two Taliban gunners. [([[http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/133379/Sniper-s-Taliban-shots-earn-him-place-in-military-record-books|Daily Star]])]
+==== First was Dragunov ====
+Harrison first used a sniper rifle, firing a Dragunov rifle (SVD) on a firing range near the British military base in Split, Croatia. In his autobiography The Longest Kill, Harrison described the rifle as looking like an "elongated AK," and after firing at a tree, he said it "practically split it in half." [([[https://www.army-technology.com/features/best-sniper-rifles/|Army Technology]])]
+==== PTSD ====
+After returning from Afghanistan in 2009 Craig Harrison suffered post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and was discharged from the army in 2014. [([[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-32823131|BBC]])]
-Craig Harrison has the furthest recorded confirmed sniper kill from 2,475 m. He struck and killed two Taliban gunners.
-====== References ======
-[[http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/133379/Sniper-s-Taliban-shots-earn-him-place-in-military-record-books|Sniper's Taliban shots earn him place in military record books - Daily Star]]