PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoSimo Hayha, "The White Death", Finland, Winter War, 1940lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1224
arrow-up1224external-linkSimo Hayha, "The White Death", Finland, Winter War, 1940lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareP00ptart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 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-up6·3 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…?
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…?