December 17th, 1905, was the birth day of Simo Häyhä [1], who was the world’s most successful sniper. Using an iron-sighted Mosin–Nagant in Finland’s Winter War, he had an astounding 505 confirmed sniper kills. He died April 1st, 2002.
December 17th, 1905, was the birth day of Simo Häyhä [1], who was the world’s most successful sniper. Using an iron-sighted Mosin–Nagant in Finland’s Winter War, he had an astounding 505 confirmed sniper kills. He died April 1st, 2002.
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#1 Comment By R F in western Mtns of Maine On December 17, 2018 @ 10:17 pm
I never understood why the tremendous blast from the muzzle of a Mosin Nagant didn’t reveal the location of Mr. Haya. Maybe he took one shot and boogied.
A side note is that I believe he finally took a shot to his jaw, but then he lived to (what ?)
97 ?!
#2 Comment By VT On December 20, 2018 @ 6:07 pm
Read a article about him,he actually preferred to wait till a group of Russians gathered(usually around a fire) then attacked with smg(larger body count-sniping?)