Arron Perry

Arron Perry

:"For the U.S. Congress member, see Aaron F. Perry."Arron Perry is a former Master Corporal in the Canadian Forces who was mistakenly credited with having the record for the longest sniper kill in combat.

Perry was a member of a five-man team of snipers as part of Canada's contributions to Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan during 2002. Perry's team received praise from United States Army colleagues for killing a significant number of Taliban and al-Qaeda combatants. When the operation ended, each of the five was nominated for the Bronze Star. Among the team's accomplishments was a 2,430 metre shot fired by Corporal Rob Furlong that killed an al-Qaeda soldier carrying an RPK. The shot was fired from a .50-caliber McMillan Brothers TAC-50 rifle.

Later in 2002, Perry was accused of discreditable conduct by the Canadian Armed Forces. Forces personnel investigated allegations that he had desecrated a combatant's corpse by removing a finger, putting a cigarette in its mouth, and placing a sign reading "Fuck Terrorism" on its chest. Military police also suspected that Perry had defecated on another corpse. After a ten month investigation it was determined that there was not enough evidence to lay criminal charges.

Rumours of the record-setting shot began to circulate while the investigation was ongoing, leading some to speculate and later claim that the shot had been made by Perry. In its May 15, 2006 issue, "Maclean's" Magazine, a Canadian weekly news journal, revealed that it was Furlong and not Perry who fired the shot. Nonetheless, Perry did manage a kill at 2,310 metres, just 120 metres short of Furlong's record. This surpassed the previous record of 2,250 metres set by U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. Carlos Hathcock during the Vietnam War.cite news|last=Friscolanti|first=Michael|title='We were abandoned'|publisher=Macleans.ca|date=2006-05-15|url=http://www.macleans.ca/canada/national/article.jsp?content=20060515_126689_126689|accessdate=2007-02-10]

In April 2005, Perry left the Canadian military to pursue his own interests.

References

*cite news|first=Michael|last=Friscolanti|title=We were abandoned|work=Maclean's|publisher=Rogers Publishing|pages=18-25|date=2006-05-15 [http://www.macleans.ca/topstories/canada/article.jsp?content=20060515_126689_126689#]


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