Thursday, February 5, 2015

The Badass of the Week: Simo Häyhä "White Death"


 Simo Häyhä (December 17, 1905 – April 1, 2002), nicknamed "White Death" by the Red Army, was a Finnish marksman. Using a Finnish version of the Mosin–Nagant in the Winter War, he acquired the highest recorded number in any major war, with at least 505 confirmed sniper kills.

"Throughout the war, Häyhä raked in a total of 505 confirmed sniper kills (in some sources he is credited with 542).  On top of this, he also mowed down two hundred men with a Suomi 9mm submachine gun, bringing his total kill count to over 700 men in under 100 days.
 
Nobody in history has ever been credited with more confirmed kills than Simo Häyhä.  He was an unlikely war hero who used patience, cunning and precision to defend his country, his home, his people and his freedom from communist totalitarian oppression.  He was an unstoppable killing machine the likes of which the world has never known before or since."

(read full story from the link below)
http://www.badassoftheweek.com/hayha.html

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