Target distance: 625 meters.
He felt the gap between his heartbeats, at the most steady moment between two beats, his index finger calmly and evenly applied pressure, pulling the trigger.
"Bang!"
The SVD rifle body jolted suddenly, the 7.62x54mm R rimmed cartridge case popped out of the ejection port with smoke, landing on the scorching sand with a crisp clink.
The warhead spun out of the barrel at an initial velocity of 830 meters per second, instantly crossing the death distance of over six hundred meters!
On the turret, the main ZU-23 gunner, who was enjoying the shooting, had his laughing face freeze instantly, his head snapped backward as if struck by a hammer.
The black turban he wore and a large chunk of the back of his skull disappeared in an instant, the red and white mix splattering backward in a radial spray on the hot gun barrel, armor plates, and the loader behind him.
