Thread: 'The Devil of Rahmadi' named America's deadliest sniper

A Navy Seal sniper has been named America's deadliest marksman after racking up 160 kills during the Iraq War.

Chris Kyle, 37, blew away the previous US record of 109 kills, set by an Army rifleman during the Vietnam War.


By Raf Sanchez, Washington

6:16PM GMT 03 Jan 2012


Chris Kyle, 37, blew away the previous US record of 109 kills, set by an Army rifleman during the Vietnam War.

In a new book, Mr Kyle recalls how his first kill from long range was a woman approaching a group of US Marines with a grenade in her hand. When ordered, he opened fire, killing the woman before she could attack his comrades.

Over four tours in Iraq, he built a ferocious reputation. To the insurgents who hid from his deadly scope, he was known as 'Al-Shaitan Ramad', or the Devil of Rahmadi. They reportedly offered a $20,000 (£12,800) reward to anyone who could kill or capture him. Fellow Navy Seals referred to him simply as "The Legend".

Mr Kyle's most famous shot came outside the Shia district of Sadr City in Baghdad in 2008. From over a mile away he spotted an insurgent pointing a rocket launcher at an approaching Army convoy. He fired at a distance of 2,100 yards. "God blew that bullet and hit him," Mr Kyle told the New York Post.

As Marines and insurgents grappled in ferocious street fighting during the Second Battle of Fallujah, Mr Kyle reportedly killed 40 people - many while lying on an overturned crib in an abandoned apartment.In his book American Sniper, he claims to have taken out 255 people - nearly 100 more than could be confirmed by the Pentagon.

But Mr Kyle still does not hold the record for most kills. That belongs to Simo Häyhä, a Finnish sniper, who reportedly killed 542 Russian troops during the Soviet invasion of Finland in the Second World War.
During the years of fighting with Charlie Company of Seal Team Three, Mr Kyle was shot twice and caught up in six separate IED explosions across Iraq.
After ten years on the frontlines, Mr Kyle retired in 2009 in order to "save his marriage". He now lives in Texas where he runs a military contracting firm that helps train the next generation of American snipers.


'The Devil of Rahmadi' named America's deadliest sniper - Telegraph

I bet he's nice and well balanced.

No thousand yard stare here, sir.

Originally Posted by alwarner

No thousand yard stare here, sir.

It would be rather helpful though..

^ There's a time and a place to post pictures of your toys, withnall.

Originally Posted by somtamslap

Originally Posted by alwarner

No thousand yard stare here, sir.

It would be rather helpful though..

"Damn sand coons everywhere...."

Something rather disturbing about this.