@PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months agoSimo Hayha, "The White Death", Finland, Winter War, 1940lemmy.worldimagemessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up176arrow-down10
arrow-up176arrow-down1imageSimo Hayha, "The White Death", Finland, Winter War, 1940lemmy.world@PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-square@solsangraal@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglish6•2 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-square@P00ptart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•2 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-square@GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish4•2 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…?