PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days agoSimo Hayha, "The White Death", Finland, Winter War, 1940lemmy.worldimagemessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1219arrow-down11cross-posted to: militaryporn@lemmy.world
arrow-up1218arrow-down1imageSimo Hayha, "The White Death", Finland, Winter War, 1940lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days agomessage-square20fedilinkcross-posted to: militaryporn@lemmy.world
minus-squareP00ptart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·19 days 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-up6·19 days agoIs he the one that sighted in on a boulder to get everything zeroed, only to have a VC spotter setup on his boulder…?
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…?