PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours agoSimo Hayha, "The White Death", Finland, Winter War, 1940lemmy.worldimagemessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1155arrow-down10
arrow-up1155arrow-down1imageSimo Hayha, "The White Death", Finland, Winter War, 1940lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareP00ptart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 hours 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-up3·5 hours 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…?