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| Sujet: les Snipers Ven 29 Juin 2007 - 20:28 | |
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ce forum est dedié au plus rdoutable des combattants de tous les temps , les tireurs d'elite , les snipers . dans ce topic , vous pouvez discuter , mettre des photos , des videos , des liens ... bon je commence avec ce lien qui comporte les noms des plus fameux sniper du monde avec le nombre de kills comme on dit qu'ils ont eu. http://www.snipercentral.com/snipers.htm vous y trouverez les plus fameux noms de sniper comme le fillandais Simo hayha avec plus de 500 kills et le fameux major Erwin Konig qui fut envoyé specialement a stalingrad pr eliminer Vasily Zaistev mais malheureusement pr lui il ne reussi pas et fut tué par ce dernier qui est lui aussi l'un des plus grand sniper du monde. mais malheureusement il manque un nom dans la liste : Juba l'irakien qui merrite bien sa reputation et aussi son nom ( si biensur vous en savez la signification ). |
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| Sujet: Re: les Snipers Mar 4 Mai 2010 - 1:25 | |
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- Super Sniper Kills Taliban 1.5 Miles Away
10:57am UK, Monday May 03, 2010 Adam Arnold, Sky News Online
A British army sniper helped save his commander and set a new sharpshooting record after killing two Taliban machine gunners in Afghanistan from a mile-and-a-half away.
Cpl of Horse Harrison sealed his place in military history
Corporal of Horse Craig Harrison fired his consecutive shots from such a long distance that they took almost three seconds to reach their targets.
This was despite the 8.59mm bullets leaving the barrel of his rifle at almost three times the speed of sound.
The distance to his two targets was 8,120ft, or 1.54 miles - according to a GPS system - and about 3,000ft beyond the weapon's effective range.
The 35-year-old beat the previous sniper kill record of 7,972ft, set by a Canadian soldier who shot dead an al Qaeda gunman in March 2002.
Speaking about the incident, Cpl of Horse Harrison said: "The first round hit a machine gunner in the stomach and killed him outright. He went straight down and didn't move.
"The second insurgent grabbed the weapon and turned as my second shot hit him in the side. He went down, too. They were both dead."
The serviceman then fired a third and final round to ensure the machine gun was out of action.
The sniper being treated after a later attack
He said: "Conditions were perfect, no wind, mild weather, clear visibility. I rested the bipod of my weapon on a compound wall and aimed for the gunner firing the machine gun."
He killed the two insurgents as he protected his troop commander, whose vehicle became trapped in a field in Helmand Province and started coming under fire.
Cpl of Horse Harrison, from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, was using the British-built L115A3 Long Range Rifle, the army's most powerful sniper weapon.
It is only designed to be effective at up to 4,921ft - just less than a mile - and capable of only 'harassing fire' beyond that range.
To compensate for the spin and drift of the bullets as they flew the length of 25 football pitches, Cpl of Horse Harrison reportedly had to aim 6ft high and 20ins to the left.
In a remarkable tour of duty, he cheated death a few weeks later when a Taliban bullet pierced his helmet but was deflected away from his skull.
British snipers are continuing to fight in Afghanistan
During the Taliban ambush, his patrol vehicle was hit 36 times. He said: "One round hit my helmet behind the right ear and came out of the top.
"Two more rounds went through the strap across my chest. We were all very, very lucky not to get hurt."
He later broke both arms when his army vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb.
Cpl of Horse Harrison was sent back to the UK for treatment, but insisted on returning to the front line after making a full recovery.
He said: "I was lucky that my physical fitness levels were very high before my arms were fractured and after six weeks in plaster I was still in pretty good shape. It hasn't affected my ability as a sniper." Source le coupable: L115A3_________________
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| Sujet: Re: les Snipers Sam 14 Aoû 2010 - 23:27 | |
| Le record en afghanistant était celui d'un certain canadien Rod Furlong,avec un McMillan TAC-50 avec obus de Cal.50 Americain, a 2403m ( 1.509 Mile ) |
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| Sujet: Re: les Snipers Dim 7 Nov 2010 - 22:43 | |
| nos snipers utilsent quoi comme arme? |
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| Sujet: Re: les Snipers Lun 8 Nov 2010 - 2:51 | |
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| Sujet: Re: les Snipers Sam 4 Déc 2010 - 17:49 | |
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v et le fameux major Erwin Konig qui fut envoyé specialement a stalingrad pr eliminer Vasily Zaistev mais malheureusement pr lui il ne reussi pas et fut tué par ce dernier qui est lui aussi l'un des plus grand sniper du monde.. Y en a qui racontent que cette histoire n'est qu'une légende et qu'elle a été inventé par les russes pour faire monter le prestige de Vassili... dans une interview avec ce dernier il a nié d'être au courant de cette histoire |
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| Sujet: Re: les Snipers Lun 6 Déc 2010 - 17:00 | |
| [/quote] Y en a qui racontent que cette histoire n'est qu'une légende et qu'elle a été inventé par les russes pour faire monter le prestige de Vassili... dans une interview avec ce dernier il a nié d'être au courant de cette histoire[/quote]
oui beaucoup pensent que les cibles abattue par Vasily sont le fait de plusieurs snipers , la propagande russe de l'époque une fois l'histoire, lancer ne pouvais pas se permettre de perdre Vasily .
pour le sniper juba c'est exactement la méme chose avec la propagande il y avait plus d'un sniper ! |
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| Sujet: Re: les Snipers Jeu 9 Déc 2010 - 11:33 | |
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pour le sniper juba c'est exactement la méme chose avec la propagande il y avait plus d'un sniper ! Là c'est plutôt les yankees qui lui ont fait cette propagande l'armée islamique en Iraq ne prétendait pas qu'il y avait un seul sniper certe il l’appelaient "le sniper de Bagdad" au singulier mais on arabe quelque chose qu'on appelle au singulier ne veux pas dire qu'elle est vraiment au singulier... maintenant il parait que les Juba ont pris leur retraite parce qu'il ne voulait pas blesser des civils... maintenant c'est leurs "rivaux" de l'armée naqchabandie (une armée soufie de politique baasiste) qui se font appeler "le sniper d'Iraq" (au singulier également ) et non seulement le sniper de Bagdad... une vidéo de lui a télécharger: http://www.alnakshabandia-army.org/home/news.php?action=view&id=132 |
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| Sujet: Re: les Snipers Dim 23 Jan 2011 - 20:18 | |
| Je trouve que modernisé les M14 en sniper ( sopmod,EBR..) etait une bonne idée malgré quelle est de conception des années 50 Apres la modernisation on a :Lunette Leupoldd,bipied Harris et appuie-joue de circonstante le plus souvent contitué de Karry-mat et de scotch type ''1000mph tape''... Mais les soldats de la 3rd Infantry Division qualifié '' SDM'' ont classé dernier le M14 doté d'un ACOG et d'un bipied en terme de préférence général,de précision et de probalité d'atteinte la clible jusqu'à 600m :S Le fusil M110 Semi-Automatique Sniper système ( M110 SASS) de calibre 7,62 fois 51mm pèse 6,94 Kg en ordre de combat et,avec sa lunette réglementaire Leupold Mk4 de grossissement 3,5-10x peut avoir une portée donné de 800m Un M24 de calibre 7,62 x 51mm à lunette Leupold Ultra M3A de grossissement x 10 ou d'une optique AN/PVS-10 dsl je ne connais pas la portée J'aime bien ces fusil là M14 EBR: M14 tout cour: Quelle différence Sniper,des stages basés sur des cas concrets :En 2003,lors du déclenchement de l'opération Iraqui Freedom de l'US Army School ( USASS ) de Fort Benning dispensait un stage de sniper long de 5 semaines,dont le taux de réussite était d'environ 62 pour cent.Le taux d’échec étant en grande partie imputable à un manque de préparation des candidats, certaines unités décidèrent d'investir dans la tenue de pré-stage de cinq jours,permettant d'augmenter les chances de réussite au Sniper Course.Ce pré-stage se concentre sur l'approche,l’estimation des distances,l'emploi du Mildot,la détection d'objectifs et le tir d'environ une centaine de cartouches de M24. En 2003,le stage de l'USASS ne laissait que peu de place aux opérations en zones urbaines ( six heures ) et l'essentiel de l'instruction de fondait sur les compétences classiques du sniper telles que l'approche en Ghillie Suit,l'estimation des distances des distances sans télémètre,la détection d'objectifs et le tir.A partir de 2008,et parallèlement à l'introduction du fisil M110 Semi Automatic Sniper System ( SASS ),l'USASS décida de réviser son programme,qui s’étend désormais sur 457 h dont 75 h de théorie au lieu de 443 précédemment.Elle recruta également comme instructeur des snipers instructeurs ayant récemment terminé leur tour d'opérations,afin d'apporter plus de réalisme aux cours tout en incorporant les retours d'expériences.Aux matières précédemment mentionnés s'ajoutèrent des examens de tir reflétant à la fois les conditions particulières rencontrées en Iraq et les capacités du M110,ainsi que des exercices en zones urbaines.Des tirs notés sont effectués au M110 afin d'entrainer les snipers à la destruction de cibles multiples et mobiles en toutes conditions de visibilités et en temps contraint.Le matériel d'environnement n'est pas à négliger,avec l'emploi de télescope Leupold Mk 4 12-40 x 60mm M-151 à réticule Mildot,de périscopes SSVZ-1 Swatscope 4-9 x, de trépieds Manfrotto,d'appareils photo numérique ou encore d’assistants personnels ( PDA ) dotés de logiciel tels que le Horus Vision ATrag MX permettant d'aider les snipers à calculer les conditions de chaque tir et à les conserver en mémoire à la manière d'un log book.Enfin, le Barret M107,qui ne faisait auparavant l'objet que d'une information,est désormais étudié en profondeur. Dans le domaine des opérations en zones urbaines ( ZUB ),une demi-journée supplémentaire d'instruction a été ajoutée au stage sniper de l'USSAS.Cela peut sembler insuffisant,mais,contrairement aux pratiques antérieures basées sur la théorie,l'instruction repose désormais sur des cas concrets.Opérant au sein des sites de combat en ZUB de Fort Benning, les candidats doivent planifier une opération à partir de l'imagerie fournie,puis s'infiltrer dans une ZUB en équipe de quatre à six, en utilisant tous les itinéraires possibles. Ils doivent ensuite établir une FFP dans une habitation en préparant la pièce choisie ( mise en place d'écrans de toile,emploi des ombres,etc.), en assurer la sureté, puis ouvrir le feu sur un objectif identifié au préalable,sans jamais se faire détecter. Malgré les améliorations apportées à son programme d'instruction,l'USASS est consciente qu'elle n'offrira jamais suffisamment de place pour couvrir tous les besoins en snipers de l'US Army.Pour cette raison,elle met également sur pied des Mobile Training Teams qui se déplacent dans les garnisons ou sur les théâtres d'opération afin de proposer des stages de formations ou de recyclage aux snipers déjà engagés au combat. Il y a une nouvelle version du M14 mise en service en 2008 : c'est le M14 EMR ( Enhanced Marksman Rifle ) il doit remplacer le M14 DMR entré en service en 2001 Image technique du M14 EMR : |
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| Sujet: La compromission en cours d'infiltration en Irak. Dim 23 Jan 2011 - 20:45 | |
| Deux types de compromission étaient envisagés en Irak.Si l'équipe de snipers était vu lors de son infiltration par des civils n'ayant pas d'intentions hostiles,il était considéré que cela pouvait participer des opérations d'information opérationnelle.Il était estimé que la vision de ces snipers était en mesure d'impressionner favorablement un population qui dans sa majorité n'était pas acquise aux insurgés.Leur présence était connue,mais leur position exacte demeurait un mystère jusqu'à l'ouverture du feu,contribuant ainsi à renforcer leur mystique et le sentiment de sécurité d'une population soumise à la pression des insurgés. En revanche,une compromission à proximité de la zone d'objectif ou de la la FFP pouvait mener à une exfiltration immédiate ou à une relocalisation sur une position de secours.Si l'individu ayant repéré les snipers pouvant etre appréhendé silencieusement,et s'il n'était pas hostile,il pouvait etre temporairement détenu sur place.Une fiche en Arabe lui était communiqué lui expliquant qu'il serait retenu quelque temps et que sa collaboration était apprécié.Un dédomagement en argent liquide lui était immédiatement donné afin de garantir son silence et son concours.Dès la fin de l'opération,il était libéré avec des excuses et des remerciements. Bonne lecture |
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| Sujet: Re: les Snipers Mer 26 Jan 2011 - 16:18 | |
| http://cyberpunk.asia/PDF.php?lng=fr&cat=21&action=show Des fusils de précision importants ainsi que des info |
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| Sujet: Re: les Snipers Mer 26 Jan 2011 - 16:30 | |
| tu aimes les snipers Elias,quel est le corps US connu pour ses meilleurs snipers? _________________ | |
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| Sujet: Re: les Snipers Mer 26 Jan 2011 - 16:43 | |
| Tous car ils passent par l'USASS ( US Army Sniper School) de fort benning. Mais les meilleurs sont les vétérans de la guerre d’Irak qui ont beaucoup d'expérience et qui sont devenu instructeur. En conséquence le taux de réussite des évaluations est désormais plus élevé qu'avant la guerre en Irak |
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| Sujet: Re: les Snipers Mer 26 Jan 2011 - 16:55 | |
| non Elias,les Marines ont tjs eu la specificité de donner les meilleurs Snipers US,dailleurs,comme pub ironique,ils repetent que L.H. Oswald etait marines.. _________________ | |
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| Sujet: Re: les Snipers Mer 26 Jan 2011 - 17:16 | |
| Ah oui c'est vrai les marines j'ai carement oublier franchement dsl j'etais préssé je devais aller prendre ma douche :S Oui les marines mais les plus forts sont les vétérans de la guerre d'Iraq c'est sur Les marines ont tjrs été les plus forts |
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| Sujet: Re: les Snipers Mer 26 Jan 2011 - 19:40 | |
| Le caporal Furlong a battu le record en abattant un taliban en mars 2002 la distance était de 1,5 miles soit 2430 m |
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| Top 10 Snipers in History- Spoiler:
‘It was night and low visibility, but I saw a guy with an AK-47 lit up by the porch light in a doorway about 400 meters away. I watched him through the sights. He looked like just another Iraqi. I hit him low in the stomach and dropped him.’ – Specialist James Wilks, 25, from Fort Worth, Texas. Concealment is key to becoming a great sniper. Highly trained marksmen who can shoot accurately from incredible distances with specialized training in high-precision rifles. In addition, they are trained in camouflage, field craft, infiltration, reconnaissance and observation, making them perhaps the most feared military presence in a war. Below is my list of top ten snipers in history and some of the greatest shots ever fired. 10 Thomas Plunkett died in 1851
Was an Irish soldier in the British 95th Rifles. What makes him on of the greats is that he shot a very impressive French general, Auguste-Marie-François Colbert.
During the battle at Cacabelos during Monroes retreat in 1809, Plunkett, using a Baker Rifle, shot the French general at a range of about 600 meters. Giving the incredible inaccuracy of rifles in the early 19th century, this was either a very impressive feat, or one hell of a fluke. Well Plunkett not wanting his army buddies to think he was a bit lucky decided to take the shot again before returning to his line. So he reloaded his gun and took aim once again this time at the trumpet major who had come to the generals aid. When this shot also hit its intended target, proving that Plunkett is just one badass marksman, he looked back to his line to see the impressed faces of the others in the 95th Rifles.
Just for comparison the British soldiers were all armed with ‘Brown Bess muskets’ and trained to shoot into a body of men at 50 meters. Plunkett did 12 times that distance. Twice.
9 Sgt Grace 4th Georgia Infantry
The date was May 9th 1864, when Sgt Grace, a Confederate sniper, achieved what was considered to be an incredible shot at the time, and what is definitely the most ironic demise of a target in history. It was during the battle of Spotsylvania when Grace took aim with his British Whitworth Rifle. His target was General John Sedgwick (pictured above) and the distance was 1,000 yards. An extremely long distance for the time. During the beginning of the skirmish, the confederate sharpshooters were causing Sedgwick’s men to duck for cover. Sedgwick refused to duck and was quoted saying “What? Men dodging this way for single bullets? What will you do when they open fire along the whole line? I am ashamed of you. They couldn’t hit Elephants at this distance.” His men persisted in taking cover. He Repeated “They couldn’t hit elephants at this distance” Seconds Later Grace’s shot hits Sedgwick just under his left eye.
I swear you couldn’t write it. Sedgwick was the highest ranking Union casualty in the civil war and upon hearing his death Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant repeatedly asked “Is he really dead”.
8 Charles ‘Chuck’ Mawhinney 1949-
103 Confirmed Kills
Was an avid hunter as a kid and joined the Marines in 1967. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during Vietnam and holds the record for number of confirmed kills for Marine snipers, exceeding that of legendary Marine sniper Carlos Hathcock. In just 16 months he killed 103 enemies and another 216 kills were listed as probable’s by the military, only because it was too risky at the time to search the bodies for documents. When he left the Marines he told no-one of his of his role during the conflict and only a few fellow Marines knew of his assignments. It was nearly 20 years before somebody wrote a book detailing his amazing skills as a sniper. Mawhinney came out of anonymity because of this and became a lecturer in sniper schools. He was once quoted saying “it was the ultimate hunting trip: a man hunting another man who was hunting me. Don’t talk to me about hunting lions or elephants; they don’t fight back with rifles and scopes. I just loved it. I ate it up.”
A routinely deadly shot from distances between 300 – 800 yards, Mawhinney had confirmed kills of over 1000 yards, making him one of the greatest snipers of the Vietnam war.
7 Rob Furlong
A former corporal of the Canadian Forces, he holds the record for the longest confirmed sniper kill in history at 1.51 miles or 2,430 metres. That’s the length of about 26 football pitches.
This amazing feat occurred in 2002, when he was involved in Operation Anaconda. His Sniper Team consisted of 2 Corporals and 3 Master Corporals. When a three man Al-Qaeda weapons team moved into a mountainside position he took aim. Furlong was armed with a .50-caliber McMillan Brothers Tac-50 Rifle and loaded with A-MAX very low drag bullets. He fired and missed. His second shot hit the enemies knapsack on his back. He had already fired his third shot by the time the second hit, but now the enemy knew he was under attack. The airtime for each bullet was about 3 seconds due to the immense distance, enough time for an enemy to take cover. However the dumbfounded militant realised what was happening just in time to take the third shot in the chest.
6 Vasily Zaytsev March 23, 1915 – December 15, 1991
242 Confirmed Kills
Zaytsev is probably the best known Sniper in history thanks to the movie ‘Enemy At The Gates’. It is a great film and I wish I could say it was all true. However the truth only goes as far as the battle of Stalingrad. There was no Nazi Counter-Sniper Specialist in real life. Well not to the extent of the film. Here’s the truth. Zaytsev was born in Yeleninskoye and grew up in the Ural Mountains. His surname means ‘hare‘. Before Stalingrad, he served as a clerk in the Soviet Navy But after reading about the conflict in the city he volunteered for the front line. he served in the 1047th Rifle Regiment. Zaytsev ran a sniper school in the Metiz factory. The cadets he trained were called Zaichata, meaning ‘Leverets’ (Baby Hares). This was the start of the sniper movement in the 62nd army. It is estimated that the snipers he trained killed more than 3,000 enemy soldiers
Zaytsev himself made 242 confirmed kills between October 1942 and January 1943, but the real number is probably closer to 500. I know I said there was no counter-sniper, but there was Erwin Kónig. Was alleged to be a highly skilled Wehrmacht sniper. Zaytsev claimed in his memoirs that the duel took place over a period of three days in the ruins of Stalingrad. Details of what actually happened are sketchy, but by the end of the three day period Zaytsev had killed the sniper and claimed his scope to be his most prized trophy. For him to make this his most prized trophy means that this person he killed must have been almost as good as Zaytsev himself.
5 Lyudmila Pavlichenko July 12, 1916 – October 10, 1974
309 Confirmed Kills
In June 1941, Pavlichenko was 24 and Nazi Germany were invading the Soviet Union. She was among the first volunteers and asked to join the infantry. she was assigned to the Red Armies 25th infantry Division. From there she became one of 2000 female snipers of the soviet.
Her first 2 kills were made near Belyayevka using a Mosin-Nagant bolt action rifle with a P.E. 4-power scope. The first action she saw was during the conflict in Odessa. She was there for 2 and a half months and notched 187 kills. When they were forced to relocate, she spent the next 8 months fighting in Sevastopol on the Crimean Peninsula. There she recorded 257 kills and for this feat she was cited by the Southern Army Council. Pavlichenkos’ total confirmed kills during WW2 was 309. 36 of those were enemy snipers.
4 Corporal Francis Pegahmagabow March 9, 1891 – August 5, 1952
378 Confirmed kills 300+ Captures
Three times awarded the military medal and twice seriously wounded, he was an expert marksman and scout, credited with 378 German kills and capturing 300+ more. He was an Ojibwa warrior with the Canadians in battles like those at mount sorrel. As if killing nearly 400 Germans wasn’t enough, he was also awarded medals for running messages through very heavy enemy fire, for directing a crucial relief effort when his commanding officer was incapacitated and for running through enemy fire to get more ammo when his unit was running low.
Though a hero among his fellow soldier, he was virtually forgotten once he returned home to Canada. Regardless he was one of the most affective snipers of world war 1.
3 Adelbert F. Waldron March 14, 1933 – October 18, 1995
109 confirmed kills
He holds the record for the highest number of confirmed kills for any American sniper in history. However it is not just his impressive kill record that makes him one of the best, but also his incredible accuracy.
This excerpt from ‘Inside the Crosshairs: Snipers in Vietnam’ by Col. Michael Lee Lanning, describes just what I’m talking about:
“One afternoon he was riding along the Mekong River on a Tango boat when an enemy sniper on shore pecked away at the boat. While everyone else on board strained to find the antagonist, who was firing from the shoreline over 900 meters away, Sergeant Waldron took up his sniper rifle and picked off the Vietcong out of the top of a coconut tree with one shot (this from a moving platform). Such was the capability of our best sniper.” Nuff Said.
If there was a scale of difficulty for shots like these, it would be next to impossible to beat. well lets try to do that anyway.
Here’s ‘white feather’….
2 Carlos Norman Hathcock II May 20, 1942 – February 23, 1999
Nicknamed ‘Lông Trung du Kich’ (‘White Feather Sniper’)
93 Confirmed kills
Hathcock has one of the most impressive mission records of any sniper in the Marine corps. Lets forget about the dozens of shooting championships he won, during the Vietnam war he amassed 93 confirmed kills. The Vietnam army put a $30,000 bounty on his life for killing so many of their men. Rewards put on U.S. snipers by the NVA (North Vietnamese Army) typically amounted to….say $8.
It was Hathcock who fired the most famous shot in sniper history. He fired a round, over a very long distance, which went through the scope of an enemy sniper, hit him in the eye, and killed him. Hathcock and Roland Burke his spotter were stalking the enemy sniper, (which had already killed several Marines) which they believed was sent to kill him specifically. When Hathcock saw a flash of light reflecting off the enemies scope he fired at it in a split second pulling off one of the most precise shots in history. Hathcock reasoned that the only way that this was possible, would have been if both snipers were aiming at each others scopes at the same time, and he fired first. However, although the distance was never confirmed, Hathcock knew that because of the flight time, it would have been easy for both snipers to kill each other. The white feather was synonymous with Hathcock (He kept one in his hat) and he removed it only once for a mission. Keep in mind that he volunteered for this mission, but he had to crawl over 1500 yards of enemy territory to shoot an NVA commanding general. Information wasn’t sent until he was on-route. (He volunteered for a mission he knew nothing about) It took 4 days and 3 nights without sleep of inch-by-inch crawling. One enemy soldier almost stepped on him as he laid camouflaged in a meadow. At another point he was nearly bitten by a viper, he didn’t flinch. He finally got into position and waited for the general. When he arrived Hathcock was ready. He fired one round and hit the general through the chest killing him. The soldiers started a search for the sniper and Hathcock had to crawl back to avoid detection. They never caught him. Nerves of steel.
1 Simo Häyhä December 17, 1905 – April 1, 2002
Nicknamed ‘The White Death’
705 confirmed kills (505 with rifle, 200 with submachine gun)
Was a Finnish soldier who, using an iron sighted bolt action rifle, amassed the highest recorded confirmed kills as a sniper in any war…ever!!
Häyhä was born in the municipality of Rautjärvi near the present-day border of Finland and Russia, and started his military service in 1925. His duties as a sniper began during the ‘winter war’ (1939-1940) between Russia and Finland. During the conflict Häyhä endured freezing temperatures up to -40 degrees Celsius. In less than 100 days he was credited with 505 confirmed kills, 542 if including unconfirmed kills, however the unofficial frontline figures from the battlefield places the number of sniper kills at over 800. Besides his sniper kills he was also credited with 200 from a Suomi KP/31 Submachine gun, topping off his total confirmed kills at 705.
How Häyhä did all this was amazing. He was basically on his own all day, in the snow, shooting Russians, for 3 months straight. Of course when the Russians caught wind that a shit load of soldiers were being killed, they thought ‘well this is war, there’s bound to be casualties’. But when the generals were told that it was one man with a rifle they decided to take a bit of action. first they sent in a counter-sniper. When his body was returned they decided to send in a team of counter-snipers. When they didn’t come back at all they sent in a whole goddamn battalion. They took casualties and couldn’t find him. Eventually they ordered an artillery strike, but to no avail. You see Häyhä was clever, and this was his neck of the woods. He dressed completely in white camouflage. He used a smaller rifle to suit his smaller frame (being 5ft3) increasing his accuracy. he used an iron sight to present the smallest possible target (a scoped sight would require the sniper to raise his head for sighting). He compacted the snow in front of the barrel, so as not to disturb it when he shot thus revealing his position. He also kept snow in his mouth so his breath did not condense and reveal where his was. Eventually however his was shot in the jaw by a stray bullet during combat on March 6 1940. He was picked up by his own soldiers who said half his head was missing. He didn’t die however and regained consciousness on the 13th, the day peace was declared.
Once again total kills…. 505 sniper + 200 submachine = 705 total Confirmed Kills…all in less that 100 days. by joetravolta
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