Another Ukraine Special supposed sniper video

[Rogerbutthead]

https://www.reeleak.com/451547/thermal-view-ukrainian-sniper-obliterated-russian-sniper

This time supposedly a Russian sniper takes out a Ukrainian sniper.

Unsure of what to make of it, just think the trajectory of whatever hits the head - doesn't look like a rifle round. Some sort of small explosive - if real?

What do you guys think?

[olhunter]

This would do that. Basically the same as a .50 BMG round.

https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/gearscout/irons/2019/08/30/this-is-kalashnikovs-newest-50-cal-sniper-rifle/

[Rogerbutthead]

I was thinking the arc shown in the video made it appear to me, a novice, that it was a thrown explosive type weapon, but again, I don't know feces.

I was expecting more of a flat trajectory in that short a distance shown in that video. Also wondering if it was faked as the target is so well silhouetted, that I thought it was done for a movie.

[sbo80]

saw that a few months ago. I think it's plausible. Heads can certainly pop. But I don't think the camera view, is the rifle's view.
Also if anyone hasn't clicked that link - there's NSFW risk if you click the wrong thing, it might try to take you to porn. Just a heads up.

[Rogerbutthead]

The projectile is coming from another angle - so it's not the rifle's view.

I just don't think thermals work that good at long range, so I was thinking people here would point out why it is fake.

[FourT6and2]

Didn't look like a bullet to me. A projectile like that would be moving way too fast for the naked eye (or a thermal) to see clearly like that. I mean it's moving so slow in that video that it looks like someone threw a rock. And it's quite large, like grenade-sized. But who knows.