Finnish Army Sniper Simo Hayha is an unsung hero in many places but not in Finland.
Hayha used an old personal rifle with iron sights for his sniping and inovated in many ways to perfect his concealment…one among them was to keep a mouthful of snow to prevent his breath from misting and giving away his position.
In a little over three months, Simo shot and killed 500-542 Russians from positions of concealment. Not to take anything away from Kyle, Hathcock, York or other American greats, but no conversation about snipers can ever be complete without the mention of Simo “White Death” Hayha.
Eleven days before the end of the Winter War, he was shot through the jaw and remained in a coma until the peace treaty between Russia and Finland was signed. He lived to be 96.
That's impressive.
Fierce people, the Fins. Glad he recovered.
He was something else.
-Kle.
Ordinary people stand up to aggression, use their talents, and become legends.
I think that they could do a better job of reconstruction these days.
A clear headed, stone cold, warrior
Amazing man, and he did it WITHOUT a scope, in the dead of winter… In FINLAND…
LL: Thank you for making known to me this fine human being.
Thanks for the post.
Paul L. Quandt
Yes, all that.
In his chest beat the heart of a warrior.
The Master.
In my reading his commanding officer said that Hayak killed about half of the 500+ Godless Commies with a submachine gun.
No mention of his body count with his pukka, but the handtool might have just slowed him down, so he was using power tools to expedite his mission.
Finland is now governed by a couple of progressive wimmen.
I wonder how long that experiment will last.
Sisso!
Sisso=Sisu
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