Deadly Snipers on the Battlefield

Simo was a monster, those conditions were the most brutal that any sniper has had to work with & he got the highest score regardless.

Never get tired of hearing Simo's story. Just absolutely incredible.

To overcome thermal detection we use a camelback with a leach line that pushes water to the guile suit so it cools down the burlap and fabric areas of the suit. This allows the ambient temperature to be spread uniformly across the sniper. The human eye looks for movement when scanning long ranges so one has to move extremely slow if they will be exposed to forward visibility, we try to stay along creek beds or terrain that is lower than the observer’s line of sight. Also remember that sound will travel over twice as far in colder temperatures so even a twig snapping can be heard at long distances, especially at night when things are more quiet in the forest, try to use background noises as you maneuver but don’t become rhythmic as you move, that is another thing humans can pick up on naturally because forest sounds are never rhythmic.

Another well known deadly sniper that's not mentioned was lyudmila pavlichenko better known as "The lady of death" and she had a kill count of 309

Love stories about deadly snipers, building construction workers, healing doctors and cooking cooks.

0:05 Simo Hayha Finish Deadliest sniper WW2 4:18 Vasily Zaitsev Soviet sniper with 242 Kills WW2 15:40 Carlos Norman Hathcock II(White Feather) A us Marine Sniper who shot an Enemy's own Rifle Scope durin Vietnam War 25:40 Sniper Shields WW1 28:20 The Macadam Shield Shovel Weire tech of WW1 30:13 Ghillie Suit Military Tech 37:35 Sniper Decoy: Dummy Head of WW1

What made Carlos better than the rest, even though his kill count might be lower, was the fact that he wasn’t in a city surrounded by loads of targets or taking on advancing troops. Instead Carlos went into the jungle and hunted down his targets one by one and that’s way more B/A than shooting a squad of guys with several others around you

Patrols did go looking for him, and they got very close. It was nothing short of good camo that he managed to not be discovered after killing the general at the plantation. It took him days to get in and out of the area. Absolutely crazy he managed to survive that mission.

The mention here of “reversed bullets” made me curious, so I looked up some info. They were literally regular rifle rounds, with extra propellant (gunpowder) added, and the projectile fitted into the cartridge backwards, with the pointed end toward the back. At close range, reversed bullets were fairly effective against the light tank armor used early in WWI. They didn’t usually penetrate the armor, but the blunt bullet-end slapped into it hard enough to cause fragments to break off the inside of the armor (spalling), injuring or killing the tank crews. There are legends that the soldiers rigged these rounds in the trenches, but apparently this was not true. They were made and supplied by the usual ammunition factories. A 1915 New York Times article claimed that they were a new version of “dum dum bullets,” which were banned, but this was also an error. Used against troops, they were no more deadly than regular bullets, and they were less accurate and had shorter range, because they were less aerodynamic. Later in WWI, both sides deployed heavier armor, against which the reversed bullets were ineffective, so their use was phased out.

So it's not the wolf that chooses the hunting ground... but the hunter.

I knew Simo Hayha was going to be the first one up, his story is the stuff of legend

Hey mates, Just came to remind you of the most effective sniper in WW1 Francis Pegahmagabow, Francis Pegahmagabow concluded WWI as one of only 37 Canadian soldiers to receive two bars on their Military Medals and was the most highly decorated aboriginal soldier in Canadian history. He was credited with 378 sniper kills and he captured over 300 prisoners. Feels good to be Canadian.

You forgot to add William Edward Sing, DCM was an Australian soldier of Chinese and English descent who served in the Australian Imperial Force during World War I, best known as a sniper during the Gallipoli Campaign. He took at least 150 confirmed kills during that campaign, and may have had over 200 kills in total

"Sniping's a Good Job Mate" -the sniper 2007

Are we gonna ignore that fact that the dude in the thumbnail is LITTERALLY camping? Bro even got marshmallows ☠️

"You're better than the best, mate. You're a Sniper.

22:48 "Carlos held his breath" the problem with this is they train you to exhale and fire.

“Well, it’s the same basic concept. You’re gonna wanna lean right into that stock. Cause it’s gonna kick a heck of a lot more than any BB rifle. Go ahead and pull the bolt back. Now as soon as you fire you’re gonna want to get another round in there quick.” Joel Miller

I like the stories of Simo an white feather. They never get old.

Have a great day everyone