page_title: Accuracy International AWM
section_title: Extreme range confirmed sniper kill
hierarchical_section_title: Accuracy International AWM / Magnum chamberings / Extreme range confirmed sniper kill
caption_attribution_description: English: The controls of the Schmidt &amp; Bender 5-25x56 PM II LP telescopic sight. Norsk bokmål: Et Schmidt &amp; Bender 5-25x56 PM II LP kikkertsikte med med oversikt over alle innstillinger.
context_page_description: The Accuracy International AWM is a bolt-action sniper rifle manufactured by Accuracy International designed for magnum rifle cartridges. The Accuracy International AWM is also unofficially known as the AWSM, which typically denotes AWM rifles chambered in .338 Lapua Magnum.
  On 9 September 2012, Accuracy International announced that the .338 Lapua Magnum AWM rifle was phased out and replaced by the Accuracy International AXMC sniper rifle.
context_section_description: In November 2009, British Army sniper Corporal of Horse (CoH) Craig Harrison, a member of the Household Cavalry, set the record for longest recorded sniper kill, at the time, by killing two Taliban machine gunners consecutively south of Musa Qala in Helmand Province in Afghanistan at a range of 2,475 m (2,707 yd) taking 10 shots to hit the target, using a L115A3 Long Range Rifle.
  In the reports CoH Harrison mentions the environmental conditions were perfect for long range shooting: no wind, mild weather, clear visibility.
  In June 2017, a Canadian JTF2 sniper broke this record for a confirmed kill at 3,450 m (3,773 yd) with a C15 Long-Range Sniper Weapon.
caption: Schmidt & Bender 5-25×56 PM II LP telescopic sight, similar to the sight used by Harrison, and its adjustment controls
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