Sniper arrives in Ukraine after answering call for foreign fighters

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10595277/Canadian-sniper-arrives-Ukraine-answering-President-Zelenskys-call-foreign-fighters.html


One of the world's most fearsome snipers is set to join the fighting in Ukraine after answering President Volodymyr Zelensky's call for foreign volunteers to help defeat Russian invaders.

The marksman, known only by his nickname 'Wali', hails from the Royal Canadian 22nd Regiment and has previous combat experience from fighting in the Kandahar theatre during the Afghanistan War between 2009 and 2011.

The 40-year-old later took it upon himself to travel to Iraq in 2015 to help fight the Islamic State's forces.

In June 2017, one of his comrades reportedly shot dead an Islamic State terrorist from an incredible distance of 3,450m - more than two miles away.

It has been widely reported that a member of the Royal Canadian 22nd used a McMillan Tac-50 rifle to fatally shoot an Islamic State terrorist in 2017 from more than two miles away - a 'world-record' for the longest ever kill shot.

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Maybe the comrade needs to join him.

[PortTack]

2. The last Russian Lieutenant General killed was by a sniper from 1.5km

[Bev54]

17. I wonder if it was him? I read about him going a few days ago, pic of him at the airport

[PortTack]

25. Could be

[blm]

3. Imagine Alvin York with today's scopes.

[KS Toronado]

23. Or George Patton with today's tanks.

[BeerBarrelPolka]

44. Or

Carlos Hathcock

[Baitball Blogger]

4. Why did they post his photo?

So stupid.

[quakerboy]

6. Pretty sure if they see him

Things already went irrevocably wrong.

[mitch96]

9. He and a few other Canadians were on CNN the other day. He gave his name to the reporter

and said with a smile, I need to go. The three of them got into a car headed off to Ukraine in the dead of night. It looked like everything was in order, they knew he was coming..
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[Bev54]

18. His face is well known

[Rebl2]

20. My thought exactly

Not to smart

[Budi]

5. K & R. Do all you can with the best of your abilities.

Thanks

[BComplex]

45. That's my wish for him, too, Budi.

I wish him all the luck in the world!

[TeamProg]

7. I guess that's good news.. but man, sounds like a sickness... n/t

[packman]

10. Seems like he likes the thrill of shooting someone legally

Mixed feeling about a man going around the world to hunt humans

[Kaleva]

11. Some humans, like ISIS and invading Russians, should hunted

[Crunchy Frog]

12. If they're Russian military in Ukraine, then I'm OK with it.

[erronis]

14. How about conscripts that have been put on the frontline by putin as human shields?

I don't know if this is happening but I've read reports that people arrested in Moscow for protesting the war were conscripted into the army.

And I also doubt that most of the 18-21 year-old soldiers even know what they are fighting for, or against.

Putin is a butcher. War is hell. Shoot at the people making the decisions to carry this on.

[rpannier]

21. If they're going to shoot at Ukranians what is the option

Because I don't see much of one
Also, snipers tend not to kill random people. They have kill targets

[NickB79]

35. Elite snipers hit high-value targets, like generals

You don't send a guy capable of hitting targets a mile away to pick off a 20 yr old conscript.

Those guys can be taken care of by regular Ukrainian infantry.

[Crunchy Frog]

39. They are free to surrender and not get shot at.

Otherwise they're there to shoot at Ukrainians, and are therefore fair targets.

That's the sad reality of war. Young men get conscripted, and then get shot at and killed by the people they've been sent to fight.

The Nazis had lots of brainwashed young conscripts fighting for them too. Their deaths were on Hitler just as these young men's deaths are on Putin.

War isn't fair.

[AverageOldGuy]

13. Good for him.

It's about time that we peaceful, accepting folks realize that there are monsters in this world, many of them right here at home, and after you have tried everything else, the best way to deal with them is a bullet in the head.

Sorry to say that, sorry if it upsets anyone, but the world is not a Sunday School picnic and war has it's own calculus.

[PortTack]

26. Absolutely nailed it!

[Bev54]

19. So shooting someone from a distance is worse than blowing people up?

Unfortunately it is war and he is no different than the pilots shooting people down and becoming heroes. He is an expert at his job, he is not killing innocents or being hired out to kill government officials.

[blm]

29. One of the greatest known military shooters was actually a pacifist.

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He just happened to have perfect aim. Alvin York.

Probably the best marksman in DC political arena of the last half-century was more known for his anti war positions. John Kerry.

[Dial H For Hero]

40. The greatest sniper in all of history has to be Simo Hayha (IMHO).

542 kills in 3 months! Against Russians...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_H%C3%A4yh%C3%A4

Not diminishing York in the slightest, of course.

[blm]

42. York wasn't a sniper. Imagine if he was.

[Dial H For Hero]

43. He likely would have been an excellent one, but I wouldn't describe him as "the greatest known

military shooter".

[Dial H For Hero]

41. In this case he'll be hunting the right humans. Good for him, and Godspeed.

[PurgedVoter]

15. I have known some snipers from back when I practiced with the M1 Garand.

I learned quite a bit from them. The ones I knew made me feel safe when they held a gun nearby. They were all the sort you could depend on.
Wali, I don't know you, but I am wishing the best for you. Aim high and aim far.

[OnlinePoker]

38. When I was in the Canadian Armed Forces, I had a couple of occasions to be around snipers.

They were both quiet and unassuming with pretty good senses of humor. They (like a great number of former soldiers) never talked about their experiences.

[AverageOldGuy]

16. McMillan TAC-50

$11,500

Lifetime guarantee

https://www.mcmillanfirearms.com/SACItem.aspx?Item=MCMTAC50C

[NickB79]

37. And that's just the gun

Optics for a gun like that start at several thousand; ammo several dollars per shot. Optional gear like night vision and suppressor add thousands more.

[UTUSN]

22. Not to Moscow?!1

[Joinfortmill]

24. 👍

[monkeyman1]

27. why don't they just advertise it on a damn billboard ?

[monkeyman1]

31. since when do you tell the enemy your f&$king game plan ?

[MarineCombatEngineer]

34. +100. nt

[MarineCombatEngineer]

33. That's the beauty of a sniper,

they strike fear in an enemy's heart because the enemy never knows when the sniper will strike.

The Russians will know he's there, but they won't know where until he strikes.

[Cha]

48. +1! TY

💙💛

[NickB79]

36. Happy hunting, soldier!

[marie999]

46. Are these soldiers covered under the Geneva Convention for POWs?.

Not sure Russian troops would care.

[Cha]

47. Rt TY & Wali! Yay on Canada!

💙💛