When you got over 500 kills in less than 100 days under your belt, and your buddies call you White Death for a reason.
Simo Hayha, the Finnish sniper who set an unprecedented service record during the Winter War, killing scores of communists in subzero temperatures using only his rifle, iron sights and sheer will. A mystical hero amongst the troops and a nightmare amongst the enemy, Simo used his wits and talent to inflict such damage that artillery batteries, mortars, patrols and snipers were allocated exclusively to kill him..with no success. Even when he took an explosive shell that tore half of his face off, he still managed to stave off death.
A very soft spoken men who never bragged about his accomplishments or exploits right up until his death in 2002 at the age of 96.
When asked if he had any regrets in killing he simply replied: "I only did what I was told to do, as well as I could." #sniper #hardcore #badass #stayzero #zerofoxtrot #simohayha