PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoSimo Hayha, "The White Death", Finland, Winter War, 1940lemmy.worldimagemessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1218arrow-down11
arrow-up1217arrow-down1imageSimo Hayha, "The White Death", Finland, Winter War, 1940lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareP00ptart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·5 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-up6·5 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…?