He also survived a shot to the head from a Russian.
Simo Häyhä - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
EDIT: It was a Finn Mosin.
Simo Häyhä - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
EDIT: It was a Finn Mosin.
1 million people that also have guns to shoot back at you?give me 1 million people to shoot at and i think i could do pretty well.. that being said, he is a pretty bad ass mofo. it just makes you think what normal people are capable of in certain situations.
I've been meaning to buy the book for awhile. Amazon.com: Marine sniper: 93 confirmed kills (9780812830552): Charles Henderson: BooksNot tryin' to jack the thread but........
My personal favorite will always be Carlos Hathcock, even though he may not have had the numbers, he was a hard working blue coller sniper.
YouTube - Carlos Hathcock
I've been meaning to buy the book for awhile. Amazon.com: Marine sniper: 93 confirmed kills (9780812830552): Charles Henderson: Books
Although the number of Russians he shot in combat is obviously impressive, it is the conditions in which the Winter War was fought that make the Finns as a whole so impressive. I can't imagine going out day after day in -20 to -50 F temps to march, fight, and work. IMO every one of those Finns were complete badasses regardless if they were great shots or not. I know I know, "but they were used to the cold". I don't care if you are Santa Claus. No one is used to fighting day after day in those temps. The Finns knew the ways to help live and work in the cold, but they still had to be out in it and remain effective. Can you imagine laying in the snow on a "chilly" -40F morning and sitting motionless for an hour waiting for a shot at a Russian sentry. If you read the text of the linked Wiki page, he would keep snow in his mouth to prevent his breath from showing in the cold air. As if he needed a little extra bit of badassedness.
So that makes it -4 to -58 degrees F. Still pretty freaking cold if you ask me. It is very rare that Indiana sees negative temps, let alone would somebody go out and lay in the snow in those temps for hours with snow in their mouth. And that is the warmer end of the range, -58 F forget that... I couldn't do it.That was Celsius not Fahrenheit!
So that makes it -4 to -58 degrees F. Still pretty freaking cold if you ask me. It is very rare that Indiana sees negative temps, let alone would somebody go out and lay in the snow in those temps for hours with snow in their mouth. And that is the warmer end of the range, -58 F forget that... I couldn't do it.
FYI -40C and -40F are the same temperature.
Hmmm.... You learn something everyday. Good ole google verified that for me! I didn't pay much attention in school when It came to conversion of temperature!