An Afghan sniper who worked alongside British special forces in the war-torn country was hunted down by the Taliban on Monday and executed in front of his family, according to a former UK army ...

Report: British Army Sniper's Single Shot Kills 6 Taliban : The Two-Way The marksman's commanding officer says the bullet hit a suspected militant who was wearing a vest rigged with explosives.

Sgt. Craig Harrison, a retired British army soldier, killed two Taliban fighters more than 1.5 miles away in 2009, making him one of the most accurate known snipers in the world. But his decades ...

An Afghan sniper who worked alongside British special forces was hunted down by the Taliban -- and executed in front of his family, according to a former UK Army colonel.

The British army still uses the L115A3 'sniper' rifle, while other armed forces had updated to the same company's AX models, which are lighter and enable soldiers to see further in the distance.

The original Lee-Enfield (bottom) in .303 caliber served as the standard British army sniper rifle until 1970. The L42A1 (top) was converted from standard rifles by rebarreling the actions for the ...

It was one of Accuracy International’s L115A3s that was used in 2009 in Afghanistan by British Army sniper Craig Harrison when he set a world record for the longest confirmed kill.