One of the world's deadliest snipers leaves Canada to fight in Ukraine

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Aformer sniper from the Royal 22nd Regiment of the Canadian Army arrived in Ukraine earlier this week to help the country defend itself against Russian forces, according to CBC.

While fighting in the Afghanistan War, he was known simply as Wali, one of the deadliest snipers in the world. He and three other former Canadian soldiers left Poland for Ukraine on March 2 after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for volunteers to help fight on March 1.

Upon arriving in Ukraine, Wali told CBC that he and the other soldiers received a warm welcome.

"They were so happy to have us," Wali said. "It's like we were friends right away."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/one-of-the-worlds-deadliest-snipers-leaves-canada-to-fight-in-ukraine/ar-AAV0ekd

[Chainfire]

1. May a lot of Russians lose their minds over the guy.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

2. Especially Russian commanders. nt

[Chainfire]

4. There are stories, written by the combat survivors, on both sides of the Eastern Front

during WWII, that people who were brave and fearless in the face of shelling or hand to hand combat, would be in terrible dread when a sniper was plying his craft in the neighborhood. It is as much a weapon of terror as anything, and very effective.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

5. Striking fear and terror into the enemy's heart not knowing if and when

the sniper will strike.

[jmbar2]

3. I'm really glad there is a place where he can practice this skill for a righteous cause

Years ago, I dated a guy who was a former sniper in the Viet Nam war. One of the best.

He was severely scarred by the experience, and never adjusted to life back home. It's hard to undo something that you trained for, excelled at, and were rewarded for. There was nothing he could do back home that came close to his excellence as a killer. And it destroyed him.

I hope that this man can save others with his lethal skills.

[Chainfire]

7. A lot of snipers come to bad ends, physically and emotionally, it is a hazard of the trade.

If I were superstitious, I might blame karma. It takes a unique individual to look into a person's face and calmly and coolly blow that face away. It goes against what most of us think of as honorable and noble, but alas, c'est la guerre. The Russians that die will have decided their own fate by following the wrong tyrant.

[Sneederbunk]

6. Canada's moose population gets a breather.

[Thomas Hurt]

10. Military snipers aren't necessarily hunters.

[Botany]

8. "The 40-year-old former sniper is said to have a kill distance of 2 miles ..."

One minute a Russian officer is drinking a cup of coffee and talking and then he will be dead.
May this guy's aim be true and I hope all 4 get back home alive.

[lpbk2713]

9. Seconds later those around him will hear the sound of the gunshot.

They will be frozen in fear twice.

[Botany]

11. At one mile the sound will take about 4.5 seconds to "get there" and the bullet will be there ...

... about 1.5 seconds. I hope they stack up the Russian bodies by the truck load.

[smirkymonkey]

14. Wow. I am not into guns or war, but I have to admit that is pretty impressive.

And I am glad he has decided to fight for the Ukrainians. If only he could somehow hone in on Putin, but that sniveling little coward won't leave the safety of his confines.

[Dial H For Hero]

20. The state of the art has advanced tremendously since WW2.

WW2 snipers could be effective on a fairly regular basis to as much as 500 meters or so. When he's said to have a "kill distance" of 2 miles, I suspect they're merely citing the longest sniper kill ever recorded (Iraq, 2017) which was at 3.5 kilometers by a Canadian sniper. While this might be the same man, Wikipedia simply says "name withheld".

[Throck]

12. No element of surprise?

Why announce something like this?

[EYESORE 9001]

13. Snipers are inherently 'a surprise'

even when you suspect it’s coming. Keeping Russky soldiers on edge is a good thing.

[2naSalit]

15. +1

They probably wouldn't have gone public about it otherwise.

[Mariana]

16. For psychological reasons.

Every Russian soldier that learns about this will wonder if he's going to be the first one.

[EYESORE 9001]

17. Or the next one

[MarineCombatEngineer]

18. To strike fear and terror into the enemy's heart.

The surprise will be when the bullet strikes the target.

[Act_of_Reparation]

19. What are they gonna do?

Start handing out sniper detectors and bulletproof underwear?

[Throck]

21. Depends

[yagotme]

22. Yes, they will need a lot of those... n/t