Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Most Successful Sniper Ever

Simo Häyhä (December 17, 1905–April 1, 2002) a Finish soldier with 505 confirmed kills against Soviet soldiers is widely considered to be the most successful sniper in history. The unofficial Finnish frontline figure from the battlefield of Kollaa places the number of Häyhä's sniper kills at 542. Besides his sniper kills, Simo Häyhä was also credited with as many as two hundred kills with a Suomi M-31 SMG submachine gun, thus bringing his credited kills to at least 705. All of Häyhä's kills were accomplished within 100 days prior to injuries caused by an enemy bullet.

Source: Wikipedia

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I think he was injured by an artillery barrage and not a bullet.

FarStrider said...

Anonymous said...
I think he was injured by an artillery barrage and not a bullet.

I looked into that, but couldn't find a credible source to confirm it and Wikipedia still says "explosive bullet"