PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoSimo Hayha, "The White Death", Finland, Winter War, 1940lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up1222arrow-down11cross-posted to: militaryporn@lemmy.world
arrow-up1221arrow-down1external-linkSimo Hayha, "The White Death", Finland, Winter War, 1940lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square19linkfedilinkcross-posted to: militaryporn@lemmy.world
minus-squaresolsangraal@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·4 months agoif you like snipers, see also carlos hathcock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Hathcock the movie trope of a sniper’s shot going through another sniper’s scope into his eye–hathcock did that
minus-squareP00ptart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 months agoHe was also the grandfather of the .50 sniper rifle, because he mounted a sniper scope onto an M2 .50 machine gun. His biography is insane, the stuff he managed to live through is unreal.
minus-squareGeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 months agoIs he the one that sighted in on a boulder to get everything zeroed, only to have a VC spotter setup on his boulder…?
if you like snipers, see also carlos hathcock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Hathcock
the movie trope of a sniper’s shot going through another sniper’s scope into his eye–hathcock did that
He was also the grandfather of the .50 sniper rifle, because he mounted a sniper scope onto an M2 .50 machine gun.
His biography is insane, the stuff he managed to live through is unreal.
Is he the one that sighted in on a boulder to get everything zeroed, only to have a VC spotter setup on his boulder…?