TIL that Simo Häyhä AKA the sniper White Death kept a Winter War diary, that was discovered in 2017 from his nephew's drawer, when a local museum was looking for memorabilia for an exhibition on Häyhä en.wikipedia.org Submitted by Nopatme t3_115g4lu on February 18, 2023 at 2:08 PM in todayilearned 32 comments 459
milkysway1 t1_j969yyr wrote on February 19, 2023 at 4:06 PM He preferred iron sights over telescopic sights. Amazing. Permalink 3 MoseShrute_DowChem t1_j97x46g wrote on February 19, 2023 at 10:59 PM I think this was mainly to avoid lense glare which would give away his position, dude must’ve had eagle eyes tho Permalink Parent 3
MoseShrute_DowChem t1_j97x46g wrote on February 19, 2023 at 10:59 PM I think this was mainly to avoid lense glare which would give away his position, dude must’ve had eagle eyes tho Permalink Parent 3
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