Simo Häyhä 'The White Death' (World’s Deadliest Sniper)

Simo how the white death the world's deadliest sniper Simo haha is considered to be the greatest sniper of all time reported to have taken 505 kills all of his sniper kills would be achieved during the winter war of 1939 to 1940 Simo was born in a village in finland near the Russian border in his village he would farm and take up hobbies and hunting shooting and snow skiing at age 17 he joined the Civil Guard and established himself as an excellent marksman in target shooting competitions and demonstrated excellent skiing abilities during this time he was familiarized with the finished Mosin Nagant 28 30 and the suomi submachine gun constant practice enables Simo to hit the targets 16 times per minute at around 500 feet or 150 metres away this was incredible considering the Mosin Nagant is a bolt-action rifle and holds five rounds stripper clips in 1939 the Soviet Union invaded Finland which would become known as the Winter War with a rustle Finnish war the Finns were outnumbered but knew the land well and used guerilla style tactics to take on the Red Army Simo saw his baptism of fire on the Kola battlefield where at one point there were 4,000 Soviets against only himself and 31 other Finn's on December 21st 1939 Simo achieved his highest daily count of 25 kills cemo would go out dressed in winter snow camouflage and take a day's worth of supplies crawl to his position and sit in the snow for hours in temperatures as low as minus 40 degrees Celsius or minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit he would also camouflage his position by packing snow in front of him to prevent the muzzle blast wafting up snow and puts snow in his mouth to control the vapour of his breath from giving away his position the rifle he used throughout the war was the same Finnish Civil Guard variant of the Mosin Nagant rifle that he trained with during his time in the Civil Guard known as the M 28 30 this rifle featured front sights known as the Spitz because they've resembled the Spitz dog Simo preferred to use iron sights instead of a scope which were obtained from a captured Soviet version of the rifle this is because the scopes could give away his position reflecting the sun's glare or cloud up in the cold environment he was zero his sights at the common combat distance of 150 meters one combat engagement came after Sima was assigned to take out a Soviet sniper who had killed three platoon leaders he found a position and waited for several hours as the Sun was setting he noticed its rays reflecting off the sniper scope in the distance the enemy sniper started to stand up to go back and see moe pulled the trigger taking him out in one shot the Soviets took the threat of Simo seriously and deployed counter snipers and artillery strikes to try to take him out he even gained a nickname the white death Sima was wounded in the last week of the war when a Soviet infantryman shot him with an explosive bullet the bullet hit Simos face but he was evacuated in time before the finns were overrun he was decorated with numerous awards and promoted from corporal straight to second lieutenant later in the Winter War On February 17th 1940 Simo was also awarded with a specially made honorary rifle model 28 from Swedish businessman you get Johansen by the end of the winter war Sima was credited with 505 confirmed sniper kills of Soviet soldiers which he achieved within 100 days and in the time of year where daylight hours are low this makes him the record holder for the highest number of confirmed sniper kills he had also reported 200 kills with his suomi KP 31 machine gun when the bullet hit Simo did a tour into his left jawbone and knocked out some of his teeth which he needed several surgeries to fix however he would eventually make a recovery and live a long life subscribe and click the notification bell for more history videos get your copy of simple history World War 2 today thank you guys for all your support on the simple history YouTube channel if you enjoy please consider visiting our patreon page there you can show us your support for the channel by donating and make a huge difference in what we're able to create for you plus you can get early access on upcoming videos so let's keep it growing and thank you for being part of this amazing community

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Keywords: finland, The White Sniper, The White Death, Simo Häyhä, animated history, simple history, World’s Deadliest Sniper, sharpshooter, winter war, finnish, russian, soviet, red army, Rautjärvi, finnish civil guard, Finnish Mosin–Nagant 28-30, Suomi, Kollaa battlefield, skis, snow, winter, cold, bushcraft, iron sights, latency, Eugen Johansson, 505, confirmed kills, Chris Kyle, defence, world record, marksman, marksmanship, sport, Continuation War, ussr

Id: JOBxKnM9J2s

Length: 4min 43sec (283 seconds)

Published: Thu Feb 15 2018

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[u/gloomyfenix]

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[u/wildhead1337]

Yes, now I know how to pronounce his name!