I won't secondguess it from my save desk, but just post some interesting bits.
1) It is possible that the shooter had a 5-25x56 scope on his L115A3. Keep in mind that you can count with a good 30x spotting scope a cock's tailfeathers 1800 m even on an overcast day. (Just did that 5 min ago ). So on this bright Afghan day the shooter could easily have got a lot of detail even at that range, even spotting the targets himself.
2) This link has quite some detail about the external ballistics of the Lapua Scenar GB528 19.44 g coming out of a (standard barrel - 60 cm?) .338 LM rifle. At standard conditions the bullet would take almost 6 seconds to reach the targets and hit them with 260 m/s, the hot and high conditions of the specific area would have reduced the flight time somewhat. At this distances and with that bullet speed the second men could have no idea about what hit them. The total drop of the bullet should have been over 110 m (high and hot).
3) There must have been practically no wind along the whole path of the bullet as just the slightest breeze some 1500m away would have driven the bullet far away.
4) The MOA of the bullet-rifle combination must be truly excellent.
5) A lot still to add but I will leave it there.
Firn
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