Top 10 Snipers in History
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B-17engineer
Colonel
Nice VB! The Sgt. Grace I heard about in Gettysburg 
Erich
the old Sage
and the German snipers are listed where ?
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vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
I actually was surprised at that myself. I figured Josef Allerburger (sp?) would have made the list.
Aaron Brooks Wolters
Brigadier General
Very cool list VB. I've read both books on Carlos Hathcock. Very good reads.
I've read both books on Carlos Hathcock. Very good reads.
Yeah it seemed a bit lacking in that respect but it is is personal preferance. However it was still a good read.
RabidAlien
1st Lieutenant
At the top of the post, he said it was his personal favorites list, not a list organized by numbers. Good shots all of them, though!
Bucksnort101
2nd Lieutenant
I thought the second book on Carlos Hathcock was pretty much covered in the first book. It's been a while since I've read either so I could be mistaken.
The chapter on when Carlos stalked the Vietnamese General was some of the most excitiing reading I have ever done. Crawling inch by inch through a field for nearly two days (if my memory serves me) with very little water and a few crackers, poisonous snakes, and enemy partrols just feet from you, and then after you make the shot having to get up and run like hell in order to escape!!!! Hollywood couldn't write a better, more exciting script, in fact they would screw it up!!!
The chapter on when Carlos stalked the Vietnamese General was some of the most excitiing reading I have ever done. Crawling inch by inch through a field for nearly two days (if my memory serves me) with very little water and a few crackers, poisonous snakes, and enemy partrols just feet from you, and then after you make the shot having to get up and run like hell in order to escape!!!! Hollywood couldn't write a better, more exciting script, in fact they would screw it up!!!
Clay_Allison
Staff Sergeant
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Simo Häyhä would have been my pick too. He was incredible.
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
I think he assembled the list in the order of badassness, Hathcock and Häyhä obviously being at the top.
Glider
Captain
I would like to suggest another possible contender Billy Sing
Trooper William Edward "Billy" Sing
Trooper William Edward "Billy" Sing
Simo Häyä was an expert at camoflaging himself, that's what made him so succesful. The most incredible thing is he acquired all of his kills withoutever using a telescopic sight. Undoubtedly this also means many of his kills were obtained at rather close ranges (for a sniper), wich makes it all the more astonishing that he survived.
RabidAlien
1st Lieutenant
Negative Creep
Staff Sergeant
Interesting article. Loads of excellent lists on that site, well worth a read
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
My Mauser (7x57) is a nail driver with it's iron sights and I've made outstanding shots at considerable distances with it. Now I'm not sure what Häyä was using, but I'm willing to bet he was putting holes in them at fairly decent ranges.
Probably mostly at ranges around at 300m, but that having been said you can hit a man sized target at 600m with iron shots no problem if you'e a really good shot, I've seen that done plenty of times.
He was using a Finnish M39 rifle btw, which is known to be a very accurate rifle.
