for ground forces from a helicopter with an M14 EBR rifle, Roberts-Smith was placed into a firefight by helicopter and subsequently eliminated machine gun positions. U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Justin Morales – As part of the U.S. Army CIST (Counter Insurgent Sniper Team) in Iraq, he recorded 27 confirmed kills with an M24 7.62×51mm NATO rifle. From 2005 to 2006, Morales and his team in Balad, Iraq were tasked with seeking out insurgents placing IEDs along Main Supply Routes and Alternate Supply Routes. During May 2017 in Iraq, a Canadian Special Operations Forces Command Joint Task Force 2 sniper, using a McMillan Tac-50 sniper rifle set a new world record for the longest confirmed kill shot at a distance of . The shot was fired from a high-rise building and the bullet travelled for "under 10 seconds" before hitting the target, an ISIS insurgent. Popular Mobilization Forces volunteer Abu Tahsin al-Salhi was a Shia Iraqi veteran sniper with 350 claimed ISIS kills. See also Jäger (infantry) List of snipers List of sniper rifles Longest recorded sniper kills Operation Foxley – plan to kill Adolf Hitler using a sniper Sniper Alley Snipers of the Soviet Union South Armagh Sniper (1990–97) Special forces Sniper equipment References Further reading - Total pages: 192 352 pages 261 pages - Total pages: 453 - Total pages: 584 - Total pages: 704 - Total pages: 143 - Total pages: 64 - Total pages: 445 - Total pages: 280 - Total pages: 351 - Total pages: 192 - Total pages: 431 Walter, John. (2017) Snipers at war: And equipment and operations, history'' (US Naval Institute Press, 2017) External links Female Soviet snipers of World War II Snipers of WWII Sniping in France, by Major H. Hesketh-Prichard Articles containing video clips Combat occupations Marksmanship Sniper warfare