Have Chinese defence firms broken the sniper rifle range record – again?

Cryptic statements from two Chinese defence companies suggest that a long-distance shooting record may have been broken yet again. The first hint came on April 28, when Chongqing Changjiang Electric Appliances Industries Group, one of China’s biggest ammunition manufacturers, announced that an unspecified product had “successfully refreshed the world record for similar products” during a “specialised test”. The next day, Hunan Huanan OptoElectronic Group – a military optics supplier – said in...

By Chao Kong