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Tystnad · 06-24-2004, 12:15 PM

[quote="Black Widow":cc677]P.S. there was someone who was a more impressive sniper than Vassili (if he was a real person, I really don't know but I heard he was), he didn't have as many kills (I'm not sure on that) but he used a rifle that was considred to be worthless, and I'm not trying to be offensive to you tony.[/quote:cc677]

Are you talking about Simo Häyhä?
He used an unscoped rifle, since he wanted to keep a low profile when sniping, and he thought the scope made him more visible, since he had to keep his head higher.
He was known as "The white death", and is credited 500+ kills.
Remember he did it all Unscoped aswell.

[quote="http://www.snipercountry.com/sniphistory.htm":cc677]A member of the 34th Infantry Regiment and a farmer by trade, Simo Häyhä became a most feared sniper during the 1939-40 (30 November 1939 14 March 1940) Winter invasion of Finland by the Soviet Union. Using nothing more than an iron sighted Mosin-Nagant Model 28, Simo is credited with killing 505 Russians during a nine month period - a feat still unmatched today by any sniper in any conflict. The impact of Simo and men like him forced the Soviets to pay dearly for their transgressions. While Finland lost the Winter war, it cost the Soviets 1,000,000 men killed out of the 1,500,000 man invading force*. The Finns lost a total of 25,000 men in that conflict. A testament to their bravery and determination in the face of amazing odds.

He passed away on April 1st 2002 at the age of 96.[/quote:cc677]

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Tystnad is Offline 1st Lieutenant Posts: 4,139 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: MW Sweden	06-24-2004, 12:15 PM [quote="Black Widow":cc677]P.S. there was someone who was a more impressive sniper than Vassili (if he was a real person, I really don't know but I heard he was), he didn't have as many kills (I'm not sure on that) but he used a rifle that was considred to be worthless, and I'm not trying to be offensive to you tony.[/quote:cc677] Are you talking about Simo Häyhä? He used an unscoped rifle, since he wanted to keep a low profile when sniping, and he thought the scope made him more visible, since he had to keep his head higher. He was known as "The white death", and is credited 500+ kills. Remember he did it all Unscoped aswell. [quote="http://www.snipercountry.com/sniphistory.htm":cc677]A member of the 34th Infantry Regiment and a farmer by trade, Simo Häyhä became a most feared sniper during the 1939-40 (30 November 1939 14 March 1940) Winter invasion of Finland by the Soviet Union. Using nothing more than an iron sighted Mosin-Nagant Model 28, Simo is credited with killing 505 Russians during a nine month period - a feat still unmatched today by any sniper in any conflict. The impact of Simo and men like him forced the Soviets to pay dearly for their transgressions. While Finland lost the Winter war, it cost the Soviets 1,000,000 men killed out of the 1,500,000 man invading force*. The Finns lost a total of 25,000 men in that conflict. A testament to their bravery and determination in the face of amazing odds. He passed away on April 1st 2002 at the age of 96.[/quote:cc677]