Kar98k for faster fire rate, zoom in, less sway etc. The heroic stand of finland against the soviet union in 1939 was a lesson for the ages. In the first week, the forests of karelian isthmus were lit up by gunfire. One lone finnish sniper, simo hayha, was responsible for 505 of them. It allowed the sniper to be able to take an elevated firing position above a trench line and as such would deflect incoming rounds. Nordenswan 2 10 infantry regiment 11 infantry regiment 3. They also had and still have good starting material for training the relatively large number of professional hunters mostly in siberia. Our upload feature allows website visitors to add related ww2 images and other historic documents for educational purposes.
A sniper applying camouflage face cream at a sniper school in a normandy village, 27 july 1944. This mod adds weaponry and allows the player to use camouflage armor, however the camouflage is just an added bonus. Simo hayha, also known as the white death, was a finnish sniper who. For equipment or ships of the finnish navy, see list of equipment of the finnish navy and list of active finnish navy ships. Finnish long johns, with white guard style crotch repair patch, surplus 91. Instructor at the light services combat school supervises practice with the suomi submachine gun. This list may not reflect recent changes learn more. He took out another 150 or so with his smg, sending his credited killcount up to 705. He is believed to have killed over 500 men during the 193940 winter war, the highest number of sniper kills in any major war. Nagant in the winter war and recorded a confirmed 505 killings. A british sniper takes aim through the telescopic sights of his rifle on the range at a sniper training school in france, 27 july 1944. Here, tapio saarelainen shares the story of the finnish sniper and how he. Amongst the finnish soldiers, all units training the infantry units train conscripts to snipers, and as such one has to first get into a infantry unit to be accepted into sniper training.
Then they tried getting together a team of countersnipers which are basically snipers that kill snipers and sent them in to eliminate hayha. Skis and reindeers make the finnish soldiers movable. One russian sniper killed several finnish soldiers and three officers, and was on the hunt for a particularly troublesome finn with a mosinnagant m91. A finnish army just a third the size of the soviet force slowed and bloodied the invaders until a peace deal ended the war. Everyone has a sniper, combat knife, smoke grenades, black camo armor, 10 rounds, and a health pack that gives you regen i for the same amount of time as a golden apple 2. We wont go into any more detail than that, but you can read up on finnish wwii history here. White death sniper simo hayha credited with 500plus kills. The rifle is a minor thing, a good sniper will be good with any decent rifle and all the wwii rifles were decent. Cross of kollaa battle simo simuna hayha finnish pronunciation. Create papercraft of finnish sniper ww2 minecraft skin. The assault opened on february 1, 1940, and cracked the line by the 11th.
After joining sniper school, nina was posted to the 21st guards rifle division and saw active sniper duty. The finnish army was one of the smallest in europe. The minecraft skin, finnish sniper ww2, was posted by electrogamer732. Nina pavlovna petrova also known as mama nina and could well have been the oldest russian female snipers in world war ii. Entries are listed below in alphanumeric order 1toz. Winter war finnish infantry started in 1939 when the soviets invaded finland download skin now. He has spent two decades training snipers for the finnish army and contributed to the finnish armys manual for snipers. Also small number of captured svt40 sniper rifles saw finnish use and even some avs36 sniper rifles seem to. Finnish armed forces in the winter war 193940 ww2 weapons. In finland, a wwii film epic spurs praise, introspection. This is the guide to using name sniper, made for minecraft by theyellowcreepz.
Why were soviets so extremely effective snipers in ww2. When the tide of the war turned, only then wehrmacht realized the importance of having snipers and started professional sniper training courses in 1943. Finnish divisions, strength and equipment, tanks, air force and navy. His longest confirmed kill was reported at 1100 metres. Finnish defence forces with thanks to harri anttonen and janne kemppi.
The sniper rifles then were all regular service rifles with a scope. For years now, telia finland and teleste have cooperated successfully in the field of cable tv technology. The stock is of plastic treated to be nonreflective. Ww2incolor is made up of a large ww2 photograph collection of over 45 thousand images which have been viewed over 110 million times over the last few years. Snipers training at the same sniper school as the photographs above, somewhere in a french village, 27 july 1944. Allied snipers in 15 extraordinary photographs during wwii. These two sniper weapons are meant for clandestine work. Cut, fold and create a papercraft model of the finnish sniper ww2 minecraft skin. The test covers all aspects of sniper training, and if the sniper passes he is allowed to wear the sniper badge as proof that he is a qualified sniper. See more ideas about wwii, world war two and world war. He was one of the most famous snipers of world war ii. So, as an outline of how to do things, heres a description of each text.
World war 2 reenactors and collectors ww2 clothing and footwear. The biggest difference between an ssr and a standard. Finnish light cavalrys war cry from the 30years war 16181648. White death finnish sniper simo hayha sabaton history 028. Simo hayha, also known as the white death is widely regarded as the most skilled and successful sniper there ever was, with over 500 kills to his name. Lee enfield has a big mag and aim assist but is otherwise outclassed by the other 2 bolt actions. He started his military career at the age of 20 years. The sniper mod for minecraft takes charge of adding new, very useful weapons to the players minecraft universe. They are built around standard actions for a boltaction rifle, with the addition of a sight mount that can use both western or eastern bloc scopes and nightvision equipment. It is based around historical, asymmetrical combat across all fronts of the war.
She was born in 1893 and was already 48 when she joined the war. Experience the world of call to battle 2, a mod transporting you back to the second world war striving for a realistic infantry experience, call to battle 2 presents detailed models and combat mechanics. This is funny but a finnish actor, totally unknown in finland, is very popular in russia after being in several russian movies. Infantry division 19391940 infantry divisions 30 november 1939. Over the course of 100 days, hayha killed 542 people with his rifle. This is a list of weapons used by the finnish army, for past equipment, see here. See more ideas about ww2, telescope and lee enfield. Pages in category military units and formations of finland in world war ii the following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total. Browse through a 160,000 photo archive of finland during wwii. Finnish army inventory referred m9 sniper rifle with pe or pem scope as sniper rifle m30, while m9 with pu scope was referred as sniper rifle m42. Simo hayha pictured after being awarded with the honorary rifle. The basic idea for this section is to showcase finnish pre world war 2 and world war 2 era military weaponry, which for one reason or another never got to massproduction. Springfield for pure damage, it 1hks to everything but the foot. He used a finnishproduced m2830 rifle, a variant of the mosinnagant rifle.
White death finnish sniper simo hayha sabaton history 028 official. Sniper rounds to the head instakills and rounds to the rest of the body just badly damages the player. This is first page of the weapons that the finnish army almost had section. This request got hundreds of likes but i never did. There are a total of 10 ww2 finnish tanks 1939 1945 entries in the military factory.
Depending on the record, simo hayha was born in 1905 in the farming town of rautjarvi. He helped defend finland from the soviets during world war ii. Flag images indicative of country of origin and not necessarily primary operator. He used a finnishproduced m2830 rifle, a variant of the mosinnagant rifle, and a suomi kp31 submachine gun. Simo simuna hayha was a finnish sniper who earned the ominous nickname, the white death. In finland, a wwii film epic spurs praise, introspection the unknown soldier has been seen by more than 940,000 finns. Game information you are a sniper for the allies in wwii, help them defeat the nazi forces. Simo hayha the deadliest sniper in military history.
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