Texan Reacts to Simo Häyhä- The Deadliest Sniper in Military History

funny how a texan is not aware that you can ajust altitude drop point on iron sights, oh wait people in this erra don`t know how to use a rifle propperly but only in America cuz they buy stupid tech that does the job for them. what do you do when the optics get damaged and the patteries run out on other equiptment?

white death was the best shooter but many Finns were also good at shooting better than poorly trained Russians

On death note of Simo, has a poem that roughly translates: "Oh, Finland our birthland. On your lap your son happily falls to sleep. As you have put him in his final resting place."

Häyhä's engagement range was usually around 100-200 meters, this was possible due to the winter camo, and very well concealed & planned firing positions.
Häyhä did have some confirmed longshot kills up to 500 meters but he most of the time chose not to engage at that range to have more reliable shots, he rarely missed.

It was actually the day the peace treaty was signed when Häyhä woke up from the coma, coincidence?

Hi is an absolutely legend, I know same part sound crazy, but hi lived there and when you love your country, you not gone file the could or something else... Is no mention as hi fire from 1mile way and in that environment was difficult to be spotted and I hired in other video ,hi prepared the position in night before ,mean hi not waiting randomly. Is absolutely possible, at that time not exist night vision or thermic scanner and hi used own rifle which used at lot in pass and knew exactly how to fire. Is an legend, but above is in hero who fought for his country

I am from Finland, Iromn sight. 150m facekill.

Scopes at that time were crap. He told in the book that about 400m was longest kill shot he made. Good luck even with modern rifles and scopes to hit a moving target from that distance. You cant shoot what you cant see. In forests of Finland you cant see much further. It was all about not to be seen yourself.

Lauri töri, Lars Thorn. Arkiston,rip

“Iron sights suck?” How dare

I have, in Finlands mandatory service, with AK-74 shot 150 meters to face 20cm across. 4/5 do it.

Yes he had between 505 and 542 sniper kills. BUT then add on the 300+ ambushes with a sub machine gun makes him seem fiction. If this was a movie people will not believe it.

Dont fuck with finnish :D

In military i get 10 out of 10 in 300m with our assault rifle RK 62.

That is Finish sisu = stamina

Texas you didnt need be so mean finland greatest man and you say that iron sight is bad. Its mean you are bad shooter

Confirmed kills. He never counted unconfirmed kills.

If you haven't already, there was another Finn called Lauri Törni, or Larry Thorne that you should review.
He served in the Finnish, German and US militaries and received 2 Purple Hearts

So I know you watched the video, but in regards to the Iron Sights, here's a few facts about Simo:

- Simo was raised on a farm, and learned to hunt and shoot at a young age.
- Simo lived near a marksmanship club, and joined when he was young. He became very skilled and won many trophies in shooting competitions.
- When Simo served his mandatory 1 year service in the Finnish Army, he was already an excellent shot, and he turned several heads with his shooting ability.
- One officer from his early service days remarked that Simo could - with his naked eye - accurately judge distances up to 500 ft away to within a few feet.
- He was also once observed to hit a target almost 500 ft away a total of 16 times in under a minute - using the very same rifle that he would end up taking to war.

- This was all 14 years before the war broke out. After his service, Simo purchased his training rifle from the Finnish Army, and took it home with him. For the next 14 years he hunted with that rifle, becoming intimately familiar with caring for and operating the weapon.
- When the war broke out, he elected to keep using his personal rifle due to how comfortable he was with it - while other soldiers were struggling to operate their new rifles in terrible conditions, Simo knew his gun like it was a part of him.



So when you say "It seems impossible to do this all with Iron Sights, you'd have to be so comfortable with a gun that it's as easy as walking or breathing" for Simo, that's actually not a completely inaccurate statement. While he was always a kind and humble man, he was a skilled marksman before ever serving in the army, and he spend almost a decade and a half since his service in the army becoming intimately familiar with the exact gun that he would eventually use to become legendary.

Simo the legend between 505 -542 confirmed kills natural hunter

Finns were not very good, but Russian, This sadly Ukrainain regiment was so bad!

War is hours and days of boredom followed by moments of pure chaos.

Helow Texan! I spent a year In Pittsburh PA. I will be back.

Remember that every finn was a hero in Finland. We would not be independence otherwise. Every finn man took apart to winter war. Every single one. Every this day finn is a grandchild for some winter war soldier. So we love them all, not just Simo. ❤🇫🇮

How many kill`s not hard to believe with so many targets but to Survive that is another Amazing

Ah the Sabaton... Maybe not using Swedish music for Finland. You can take someone's culture without permission among "white people".I can't stand Swedish speaking for us when we are the "Finnjevle".

Simo Heiha 😂

Boy how is the finish vs Soviet Union with the finish winning impossible
We did that during our independence

In Finlands navy 1987 with RK 7,62 ironsites, I hit 150 meter headshots 7/10. So Bodyshot for his better rifle.

The memoirist had a little more and different info than Wierd History

Pronunciation should be closer to "How-ha"

He used a Finnish-produced M/28-30 (a variant of the Mosin–Nagant rifle) and a Suomi KP/-31 submachine gun

Without scope it really is something so unique that you have to be born with this extra skill/vision.

Finland was the only country that fought against the Soviet Union and you have to remember that in the winter war the biggest defeat came on the road to the Soviets and at its worst the frost was 39 degrees Celsius and the Finns were used to moving in the forest and getting along in extreme conditions and Finland still has the best defense forces in Europe and a reserve where 280,000 soldiers can be quickly mobilized and a total of 900,000 reservists and the neighbor knows it and that's one reason why there is no great desire to attack here.

-39 scopes was crap. And pystykorva is accurat rifle and not easy put scope on it

its easy to hit iron sight if you practice.

in finland we have to hit 150m every target on iron sight.

Celsius not farenheit

He was and let him alone, we know here and we respect our veterans

Wound, don't kill! Think of the logistics!

Scope is like automatic transmission on cars. "Real men drive stick". When I was in the Finnish Defence Forces as a conscript, I was able to easily place 10 shots in target roughly head-size from 300 yards (meters) with our improved AK-type assault rifle, RK 62. With iron sights. To area of center mass (like Häyhä did) with similar rifle he used, from up to 500 yards ,not all ten rounds, though, about half of them. When sighted in carefully, iron sights are almost as accurate as scope up to several hundred yards, and wind effect must be corrected with both. To that half a kilometre, even the angle counts, is it uphill or downhill.

Finland had a motti it caused 20000 sovieits to die

Befrore Winter War Hitler officially gave agreement of free hands russians to take Finland.After war Hitler allied with Finland against Russian.About that bullet to the jaw, i have told it came close combat battle finns were retiring. After peace agreement russians came to look their opponents.There was dozen ragged lookin man and were asked where everyone else is, there were no others.

Simo's superior officer "Morocco's horror" Antero Juutilainen" was almost as well known for his acts.Just like telling soldiers to take his grandpa's seat to somewhere good place where he can also take part of a actions and shoot whit his rifle.When there were asked if Kollaa would hold he said "Yes of course except someone orders to run away"

Antero's little brother Ilmari is know as one of best fighter plane pilots of WWII

Simo and horror of The moroccon Juutilainen beat The soviets on Kollaa battle field

The mighty Soviet Union couldn't handle small Finland, but they crushed the mighty Nazi Germany. What does that say about Finland?

I shoot iron sights, just can not miss.

Do you americans do your duty? We Finns do.

As a Finn, I'm starting to wonder if he had a congenital sight that made him see more. I mean, we've got all these F1 drivers that can drive with their behinds. What if our inbred population can produce some excellent qualities outside of the more prevalent diseases... Just saying.

Outside of that. As a grand daughter of a career pioneer lieutenant colonel in active military service I was never taught to know what it takes, but I still know. I sit on a bunker and I've always heard the air raid warning trials all regularly all through my life. I do not need to be told. Everybody around me knows what it takes.

And that's why we had to choose NATO after Russia invaded Ukraine, because that was insane to start with. We could never trust Russian 'rationality' after that.